Modern English → Old English
Old English word for carve
5 headwords match “carve”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; ceorfan ranks first.
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carve — to cut
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ċeorfe first-person singular past indicative ċearf second-person singular present indicative ċierfst second-person singular past indicative curfe third-person singular present indicative ċierfþ third-person singular past indicative ċearf -
carve — to carve
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āgrafe first-person singular past indicative āgrōf second-person singular present indicative āgræfst second-person singular past indicative āgrōfe third-person singular present indicative āgræfþ third-person singular past indicative āgrōf -
carve — to cut or carve out or away, cut through, cut asunder, divide
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forċeorfe first-person singular past indicative forċearf second-person singular present indicative forċierfst second-person singular past indicative forcurfe third-person singular present indicative forċierfþ third-person singular past indicative forċearf -
carve — to dig, dig up
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative grafe first-person singular past indicative grōf second-person singular present indicative græfst second-person singular past indicative grōfe third-person singular present indicative græfþ third-person singular past indicative grōf -
carve — to scrape little by little
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesċeorpe first-person singular past indicative ġesċearp second-person singular present indicative ġesċierpst second-person singular past indicative ġesċurpe third-person singular present indicative ġesċierpþ third-person singular past indicative ġesċearp
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “carve” 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 “carve”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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