Modern English → Old English
Old English word for foam
5 headwords match “foam”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fam ranks first.
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foam — foam
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fām genitive singular fāmes dative singular fāme accusative singular fām nominative plural fām genitive plural fāma -
foam — to foam, froth
- 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 fāmgiġe first-person singular past indicative fāmgode second-person singular present indicative fāmgast second-person singular past indicative fāmgodest third-person singular present indicative fāmgaþ third-person singular past indicative fāmgode -
foam — to foam
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfǣme first-person singular past indicative āfǣmde second-person singular present indicative āfǣmest, āfǣmst second-person singular past indicative āfǣmdest third-person singular present indicative āfǣmeþ, āfǣmþ third-person singular past indicative āfǣmde -
foam — to foam or froth
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fǣme first-person singular past indicative fǣmde second-person singular present indicative fǣmest, fǣmst second-person singular past indicative fǣmdest third-person singular present indicative fǣmeþ, fǣmþ third-person singular past indicative fǣmde -
foam — yeast, leaven
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular beorma genitive singular beorman dative singular beorman accusative singular beorman nominative plural beorman genitive plural beormena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “foam” 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 “foam”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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