Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dove
4 headwords match “dove”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dufe ranks first.
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dove — dove, pigeon
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dūfe genitive singular dūfan dative singular dūfan accusative singular dūfan nominative plural dūfan genitive plural dūfena -
dove — dove; pigeon
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular culfre genitive singular culfran dative singular culfran accusative singular culfran nominative plural culfran genitive plural culfrena -
dove — turtle dove
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular turtle genitive singular turtlan dative singular turtlan accusative singular turtlan nominative plural turtlan genitive plural turtlena -
dove — synonym of culfre (“dove, pigeon”)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular culfer genitive singular culfre dative singular culfre accusative singular culfre nominative plural culfra, culfre genitive plural culfra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dove” 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 “dove”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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