Modern English → Old English
Old English word for fly
10 headwords match “fly”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; fleoge ranks first.
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fly — a fly
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular flēoge genitive singular flēogan dative singular flēogan accusative singular flēogan nominative plural flēogan genitive plural flēogena -
fly — to fly
- 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 flēoge first-person singular past indicative flēag, flēah second-person singular present indicative flīeġst second-person singular past indicative fluge third-person singular present indicative flīeġþ third-person singular past indicative flēag, flēah -
fly — a small fly; gnat; mosquito; midge
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular myċġ genitive singular myċġes dative singular myċġe accusative singular myċġ nominative plural myċġas genitive plural myċġa -
fly — gnat, midge, biting fly
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stūt genitive singular stūtes dative singular stūte accusative singular stūt nominative plural stūtas genitive plural stūta -
fly — flight, flying
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
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fly — tending to fly or flee
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine flugol strong nominative singular feminine flugol strong nominative singular neuter flugol strong accusative singular masculine flugolne strong accusative singular feminine flugole strong accusative singular neuter flugol -
fly — an insect
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular pēo genitive singular pēon dative singular pēon accusative singular pēon nominative plural pēon genitive plural pēona -
fly — to fly
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āflēoge first-person singular past indicative āflēag, āflēah second-person singular present indicative āflīeġst second-person singular past indicative āfluge third-person singular present indicative āflīeġþ third-person singular past indicative āflēag, āflēah -
fly — to go quickly, hasten, fly
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċēo first-person singular past indicative sċēode second-person singular present indicative sċēost second-person singular past indicative sċēodest third-person singular present indicative sċēoþ third-person singular past indicative sċēode -
fly — to avoid, shun, fly from
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āsċuniġe first-person singular past indicative āsċunode second-person singular present indicative āsċunast second-person singular past indicative āsċunodest third-person singular present indicative āsċunaþ third-person singular past indicative āsċunode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “fly” 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 “fly”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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