Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dive
5 headwords match “dive”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dyfan ranks first.
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dive — to dive
- 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 dȳfe first-person singular past indicative dȳfde second-person singular present indicative dȳfest, dȳfst second-person singular past indicative dȳfdest third-person singular present indicative dȳfeþ, dȳfþ third-person singular past indicative dȳfde -
dive — to dive, sink
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dūfe first-person singular past indicative dēaf second-person singular present indicative dȳfst second-person singular past indicative dufe third-person singular present indicative dȳfþ third-person singular past indicative dēaf -
dive — to dive, plunge
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġedūfe first-person singular past indicative ġedēaf second-person singular present indicative ġedȳfst second-person singular past indicative ġedufe third-person singular present indicative ġedȳfþ third-person singular past indicative ġedēaf -
dive — to dive through
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þurhdūfe first-person singular past indicative þurhdēaf second-person singular present indicative þurhdȳfst second-person singular past indicative þurhdufe third-person singular present indicative þurhdȳfþ third-person singular past indicative þurhdēaf -
dive — to dive, to duck
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dūce first-person singular past indicative dēac second-person singular present indicative dȳcst second-person singular past indicative duce third-person singular present indicative dȳcþ third-person singular past indicative dēac
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dive” 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 “dive”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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