Modern English → Old English
Old English word for float
5 headwords match “float”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; flotian ranks first.
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float — to float
- 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 flotiġe first-person singular past indicative flotode second-person singular present indicative flotast second-person singular past indicative flotodest third-person singular present indicative flotaþ third-person singular past indicative flotode -
float — sailor, shipman
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular flota genitive singular flotan dative singular flotan accusative singular flotan nominative plural flotan genitive plural flotena -
float — to float
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative flēote first-person singular past indicative flēat second-person singular present indicative flīetst second-person singular past indicative flute third-person singular present indicative flīett, flīet third-person singular past indicative flēat -
float — to float
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative floteriġe first-person singular past indicative floterode second-person singular present indicative floterast second-person singular past indicative floterodest third-person singular present indicative floteraþ third-person singular past indicative floterode -
float — place where ships float: a bay, arm of the sea, estuary, or river's mouth; a river or stre
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “float” 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 “float”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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