Modern English → Old English
Old English word for curve
5 headwords match “curve”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; byge ranks first.
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curve — curve, bend
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular byġe genitive singular byġes dative singular byġe accusative singular byġe nominative plural byġas genitive plural byġa -
curve — curve, bend; corner
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular byht genitive singular byhtes dative singular byhte accusative singular byht nominative plural byhtas genitive plural byhta -
curve — to bend or curve
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bīeġe first-person singular past indicative bīeġde second-person singular present indicative bīeġest, bīeġst second-person singular past indicative bīeġdest third-person singular present indicative bīeġeþ, bīeġþ third-person singular past indicative bīeġde -
curve — to bend or curve
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġebīeġe first-person singular past indicative ġebīeġde second-person singular present indicative ġebīeġest, ġebīeġst second-person singular past indicative ġebīeġdest third-person singular present indicative ġebīeġeþ, ġebīeġþ third-person singular past indicative ġebīeġde -
curve — to arch, curve, bend
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hwielfe first-person singular past indicative hwielfde second-person singular present indicative hwielfest, hwielfst second-person singular past indicative hwielfdest third-person singular present indicative hwielfeþ, hwielfþ third-person singular past indicative hwielfde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “curve” 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 “curve”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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