Modern English → Old English
Old English word for deaf
4 headwords match “deaf”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; deaf ranks first.
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deaf — deaf
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dēaf strong nominative singular feminine dēaf strong nominative singular neuter dēaf strong accusative singular masculine dēafne strong accusative singular feminine dēafe strong accusative singular neuter dēaf -
deaf — condition of becoming deaf
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ādēafung genitive singular ādēafunge dative singular ādēafunge accusative singular ādēafunge nominative plural ādēafunga, ādēafunge genitive plural ādēafunga -
deaf — to grow deaf
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dēafiġe first-person singular past indicative dēafode second-person singular present indicative dēafast second-person singular past indicative dēafodest third-person singular present indicative dēafaþ third-person singular past indicative dēafode -
deaf — to deafen, become deaf
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādēafiġe first-person singular past indicative ādēafode second-person singular present indicative ādēafast second-person singular past indicative ādēafodest third-person singular present indicative ādēafaþ third-person singular past indicative ādēafode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “deaf” 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 “deaf”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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