Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bow
10 headwords match “bow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; boga ranks first.
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bow — bow (weapon)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular boga genitive singular bogan dative singular bogan accusative singular bogan nominative plural bogan genitive plural bogena -
bow — to bend
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative būge first-person singular past indicative bēag, bēah second-person singular present indicative bȳġst second-person singular past indicative buge third-person singular present indicative bȳġþ third-person singular past indicative bēag, bēah -
bow — saddle bow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sadolboga genitive singular sadolbogan dative singular sadolbogan accusative singular sadolbogan nominative plural sadolbogan genitive plural sadolbogena -
bow — to bow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hnīge first-person singular past indicative hnāg, hnāh second-person singular present indicative hnīġst second-person singular past indicative hnige third-person singular present indicative hnīġþ third-person singular past indicative hnāg, hnāh -
bow — to lout, bow, bend forward, stoop
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative lūte first-person singular past indicative lēat second-person singular present indicative lȳtst second-person singular past indicative lute third-person singular present indicative lȳtt, lȳt third-person singular past indicative lēat -
bow — to bow, incline, bend, submit, do reverence
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābūge first-person singular past indicative ābēag, ābēah second-person singular present indicative ābȳġst second-person singular past indicative ābuge third-person singular present indicative ābȳġþ third-person singular past indicative ābēag, ābēah -
bow — to humble; to bring low or cause to bow (of an enemy)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hnǣġe first-person singular past indicative hnǣġde second-person singular present indicative hnǣġest, hnǣġst second-person singular past indicative hnǣġdest third-person singular present indicative hnǣġeþ, hnǣġþ third-person singular past indicative hnǣġde -
bow — to bow down
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āhnīge first-person singular past indicative āhnāg, āhnāh second-person singular present indicative āhnīġst second-person singular past indicative āhnige third-person singular present indicative āhnīġþ third-person singular past indicative āhnāg, āhnāh -
bow — to bend, bow (down)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġebūge first-person singular past indicative ġebēag, ġebēah second-person singular present indicative ġebȳġst second-person singular past indicative ġebuge third-person singular present indicative ġebȳġþ third-person singular past indicative ġebēag, ġebēah -
bow — to bend down, bow or lower one's head
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hnigiġe first-person singular past indicative hnigode second-person singular present indicative hnigast second-person singular past indicative hnigodest third-person singular present indicative hnigaþ third-person singular past indicative hnigode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bow” 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?
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