Modern English → Old English
Old English word for claw
5 headwords match “claw”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; clawu ranks first.
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claw — claw
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clawu genitive singular clawe dative singular clawe accusative singular clawe nominative plural clawa, clawe genitive plural clawa -
claw — claw, nail
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clēa genitive singular clawe dative singular clawe accusative singular clawe nominative plural clēa genitive plural clawa -
claw — to claw or scratch
- 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 clawe first-person singular past indicative clōw second-person singular present indicative clæwst second-person singular past indicative clōwe third-person singular present indicative clæwþ third-person singular past indicative clōw -
claw — claw, talon
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clifer genitive singular clifres dative singular clifre accusative singular clifer nominative plural clifras genitive plural clifra -
claw — to claw or scratch
- 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 clawiġe first-person singular past indicative clawode second-person singular present indicative clawast second-person singular past indicative clawodest third-person singular present indicative clawaþ third-person singular past indicative clawode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “claw” 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 “claw”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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