Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dam
5 headwords match “dam”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; damm ranks first.
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dam — dam
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular damm genitive singular dammes dative singular damme accusative singular damm nominative plural dammas genitive plural damma -
dam — bar, bolt
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clūse genitive singular clūsan dative singular clūsan accusative singular clūsan nominative plural clūsan genitive plural clūsena -
dam — to dam
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative demme first-person singular past indicative demde second-person singular present indicative demmest, demst second-person singular past indicative demdest third-person singular present indicative demmeþ, demþ third-person singular past indicative demde -
dam — to hinder, restrain; to dam up
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative werie first-person singular past indicative werede second-person singular present indicative werest second-person singular past indicative weredest third-person singular present indicative wereþ third-person singular past indicative werede -
dam — to shut or dam up
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fordemme first-person singular past indicative fordemde second-person singular present indicative fordemmest, fordemst second-person singular past indicative fordemdest third-person singular present indicative fordemmeþ, fordemþ third-person singular past indicative fordemde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dam” 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 “dam”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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