Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cool
5 headwords match “cool”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; col ranks first.
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cool — cool (not hot or warm)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine cōl strong nominative singular feminine cōl strong nominative singular neuter cōl strong accusative singular masculine cōlne strong accusative singular feminine cōle strong accusative singular neuter cōl -
cool — to cool
- 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 cōliġe first-person singular past indicative cōlode second-person singular present indicative cōlast second-person singular past indicative cōlodest third-person singular present indicative cōlaþ third-person singular past indicative cōlode -
cool — coolness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cōlnes genitive singular cōlnesse dative singular cōlnesse accusative singular cōlnesse nominative plural cōlnessa, cōlnesse genitive plural cōlnessa -
cool — to become cool
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ācōliġe first-person singular past indicative ācōlode second-person singular present indicative ācōlast second-person singular past indicative ācōlodest third-person singular present indicative ācōlaþ third-person singular past indicative ācōlode -
cool — to cool, make cool
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cēle first-person singular past indicative cēlde second-person singular present indicative cēlest, cēlst second-person singular past indicative cēldest third-person singular present indicative cēleþ, cēlþ third-person singular past indicative cēlde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cool” 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 “cool”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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