Modern English → Old English
Old English word for defile
5 headwords match “defile”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; befylan ranks first.
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defile — to defile, befoul
- 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 befȳle first-person singular past indicative befȳlde second-person singular present indicative befȳlest, befȳlst second-person singular past indicative befȳldest third-person singular present indicative befȳleþ, befȳlþ third-person singular past indicative befȳlde -
defile — to defile
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forwemme first-person singular past indicative forwemde second-person singular present indicative forwemmest, forwemst second-person singular past indicative forwemdest third-person singular present indicative forwemmeþ, forwemþ third-person singular past indicative forwemde -
defile — to stain, defile, besmirch
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bǣde first-person singular past indicative bǣdde second-person singular present indicative bǣdest, bǣtst second-person singular past indicative bǣddest third-person singular present indicative bǣdeþ, bǣtt, bǣt third-person singular past indicative bǣdde -
defile — to defile, pollute, befoul
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fȳle first-person singular past indicative fȳlde second-person singular present indicative fȳlest, fȳlst second-person singular past indicative fȳldest third-person singular present indicative fȳleþ, fȳlþ third-person singular past indicative fȳlde -
defile — to pollute, befoul, defile
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfȳle first-person singular past indicative āfȳlde second-person singular present indicative āfȳlest, āfȳlst second-person singular past indicative āfȳldest third-person singular present indicative āfȳleþ, āfȳlþ third-person singular past indicative āfȳlde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “defile” 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 “defile”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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