Modern English → Old English
Old English word for flow
5 headwords match “flow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; flowan ranks first.
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flow — to flow
- 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 flōwe first-person singular past indicative flēow second-person singular present indicative flēwst second-person singular past indicative flēowe third-person singular present indicative flēwþ third-person singular past indicative flēow -
flow — flow, flux, issue
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular flēwsa genitive singular flēwsan dative singular flēwsan accusative singular flēwsan nominative plural flēwsan genitive plural flēwsena -
flow — current, flow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular strēamfaru genitive singular strēamfare dative singular strēamfare accusative singular strēamfare nominative plural strēamfara, strēamfare genitive plural strēamfara -
flow — to flow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āflōwe first-person singular past indicative āflēow second-person singular present indicative āflēwst second-person singular past indicative āflēowe third-person singular present indicative āflēwþ third-person singular past indicative āflēow -
flow — to flow forth
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forþflōwe first-person singular past indicative forþflēow second-person singular present indicative forþflēwst second-person singular past indicative forþflēowe third-person singular present indicative forþflēwþ third-person singular past indicative forþflēow
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “flow” 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 “flow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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