Modern English → Old English
Old English word for file
4 headwords match “file”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; feol ranks first.
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file — file, rasp
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fēol genitive singular fēole dative singular fēole accusative singular fēole nominative plural fēola, fēole genitive plural fēola -
file — to defile, pollute, 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 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 -
file — to scour, polish, file, rub
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sweorfe first-person singular past indicative swearf second-person singular present indicative swierfst second-person singular past indicative swurfe third-person singular present indicative swierfþ third-person singular past indicative swearf -
file — to file, rub in order to get something off
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesweorfe first-person singular past indicative ġeswearf second-person singular present indicative ġeswierfst second-person singular past indicative ġeswurfe third-person singular present indicative ġeswierfþ third-person singular past indicative ġeswearf
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “file” 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 “file”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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