Modern English → Old English
Old English word for flay
5 headwords match “flay”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; flean ranks first.
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flay — to flay, pull the skin off, skin
- 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 flēa first-person singular past indicative flōg, flōh second-person singular present indicative fliehst second-person singular past indicative flōge third-person singular present indicative fliehþ third-person singular past indicative flōg, flōh -
flay — to flay
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āflēa first-person singular past indicative āflōg, āflōh second-person singular present indicative āfliehst second-person singular past indicative āflōge third-person singular present indicative āfliehþ third-person singular past indicative āflōg, āflōh -
flay — to put to flight, disperse
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative flīeġe first-person singular past indicative flīeġde second-person singular present indicative flīeġest, flīeġst second-person singular past indicative flīeġdest third-person singular present indicative flīeġeþ, flīeġþ third-person singular past indicative flīeġde -
flay — to flay, take off the skin or bark
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beflēa first-person singular past indicative beflōg, beflōh second-person singular present indicative befliehst second-person singular past indicative beflōge third-person singular present indicative befliehþ third-person singular past indicative beflōg, beflōh -
flay — to becarve, cut off, cut or pare away; flay
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beċeorfe first-person singular past indicative beċearf second-person singular present indicative beċierfst second-person singular past indicative becurfe third-person singular present indicative beċierfþ third-person singular past indicative beċearf
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “flay” 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?
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