Modern English → Old English
Old English word for boil
5 headwords match “boil”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; byl ranks first.
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boil — boil
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bȳl genitive singular bȳles dative singular bȳle accusative singular bȳl nominative plural bȳlas genitive plural bȳla -
boil — sore; boil; pimple
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hwele genitive singular hwelan dative singular hwelan accusative singular hwelan nominative plural hwelan genitive plural hwelena -
boil — to boil
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wielle first-person singular past indicative wielde second-person singular present indicative wiellest, wielst second-person singular past indicative wieldest third-person singular present indicative wielleþ, wielþ third-person singular past indicative wielde -
boil — to boil away
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forsēoþe first-person singular past indicative forsēaþ second-person singular present indicative forsīest second-person singular past indicative forsude third-person singular present indicative forsīeþþ, forsīeþ third-person singular past indicative forsēaþ -
boil — to raise vapor, boil, be heated
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ǣþmiġe first-person singular past indicative ǣþmode second-person singular present indicative ǣþmast second-person singular past indicative ǣþmodest third-person singular present indicative ǣþmaþ third-person singular past indicative ǣþmode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “boil” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “boil”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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