Modern English → Old English
Old English word for clap
5 headwords match “clap”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; clappian ranks first.
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clap — to clap
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative clappiġe first-person singular past indicative clappode second-person singular present indicative clappast second-person singular past indicative clappodest third-person singular present indicative clappaþ third-person singular past indicative clappode -
clap — to clack, clap
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative claciġe first-person singular past indicative clacode second-person singular present indicative clacast second-person singular past indicative clacodest third-person singular present indicative clacaþ third-person singular past indicative clacode -
clap — to applaud, clap
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hafetiġe first-person singular past indicative hafetode second-person singular present indicative hafetast second-person singular past indicative hafetodest third-person singular present indicative hafetaþ third-person singular past indicative hafetode -
clap — a knell, ring of a bell
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cnyll genitive singular cnylles dative singular cnylle accusative singular cnyll nominative plural cnyllas genitive plural cnylla -
clap — to beat or strike together; to clap
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative flōce first-person singular past indicative flēoc, flōcede second-person singular present indicative flēcst, flōcest, flōcst second-person singular past indicative flēoce, flōcedest third-person singular present indicative flēcþ, flōceþ, flōcþ third-person singular past indicative flēoc, flōcede
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “clap” 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 “clap”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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