Modern English → Old English
Old English word for fan
4 headwords match “fan”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fann ranks first.
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fan — fan (implement for winnowing grain)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fann genitive singular fanne dative singular fanne accusative singular fanne nominative plural fanna, fanne genitive plural fanna -
fan — fan, wind-shovel
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular windsċofl genitive singular windsċofle dative singular windsċofle accusative singular windsċofle nominative plural windsċofla, windsċofle genitive plural windsċofla -
fan — to winnow grain
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fanniġe first-person singular past indicative fannode second-person singular present indicative fannast second-person singular past indicative fannodest third-person singular present indicative fannaþ third-person singular past indicative fannode -
fan — to fan
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative windwiġe first-person singular past indicative windwode second-person singular present indicative windwast second-person singular past indicative windwodest third-person singular present indicative windwaþ third-person singular past indicative windwode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “fan” 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 “fan”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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