Modern English → Old English
Old English word for elephant
5 headwords match “elephant”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; elp ranks first.
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elephant — elephant
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular elp genitive singular elpes dative singular elpe accusative singular elp nominative plural elpas genitive plural elpa -
elephant — elephant
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular elpend genitive singular elpendes dative singular elpende accusative singular elpend nominative plural elpendas genitive plural elpenda -
elephant — trunk of an elephant
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nypel genitive singular nypeles dative singular nypele accusative singular nypel nominative plural nypelas genitive plural nypela -
elephant — foal, colt
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fola genitive singular folan dative singular folan accusative singular folan nominative plural folan genitive plural folena -
elephant — pregnant (with a foal, or with an elephant calf or camel calf)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġefol strong nominative singular feminine ġefol strong nominative singular neuter ġefol strong accusative singular masculine ġefolne strong accusative singular feminine ġefole strong accusative singular neuter ġefol
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “elephant” 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 “elephant”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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