Modern English → Old English
Old English word for crow
5 headwords match “crow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; crawe ranks first.
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crow — crow
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular crāwe genitive singular crāwan dative singular crāwan accusative singular crāwan nominative plural crāwan genitive plural crāwena -
crow — To crow (make the noise of a rooster)
- 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 crāwe first-person singular past indicative crēow second-person singular present indicative crǣwst second-person singular past indicative crēowe third-person singular present indicative crǣwþ third-person singular past indicative crēow -
crow — the period of the early morning when roosters begin to crow; the wee hours of morning
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hancrēd genitive singular hancrēdes dative singular hancrēde accusative singular hancrēd nominative plural hancrēdas genitive plural hancrēda -
crow — a chough, a bird of the genus Corvus; a jay; crow; jackdaw
- appears in the definition
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crow — to cry, call out
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative grǣde first-person singular past indicative grǣdde second-person singular present indicative grǣdest, grǣtst second-person singular past indicative grǣddest third-person singular present indicative grǣdeþ, grǣtt, grǣt third-person singular past indicative grǣdde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “crow” 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 “crow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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