Modern English → Old English
Old English word for follow
10 headwords match “follow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; folgian ranks first.
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follow — to follow
- 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 folgiġe first-person singular past indicative folgode second-person singular present indicative folgast second-person singular past indicative folgodest third-person singular present indicative folgaþ third-person singular past indicative folgode -
follow — to follow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative æfterfylġe first-person singular past indicative æfterfylġde second-person singular present indicative æfterfylġest, æfterfylġst second-person singular past indicative æfterfylġdest third-person singular present indicative æfterfylġeþ, æfterfylġþ third-person singular past indicative æfterfylġde -
follow — to pursue; follow after
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hente first-person singular past indicative hente second-person singular present indicative hentest, henst, hentst second-person singular past indicative hentest third-person singular present indicative henteþ, hent third-person singular past indicative hente -
follow — to follow, pursue (a leader, course of action etc.)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative lǣste first-person singular past indicative lǣste second-person singular present indicative lǣstest, lǣst second-person singular past indicative lǣstest third-person singular present indicative lǣsteþ, lǣst third-person singular past indicative lǣste -
follow — to follow, reach by following, attain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġefolgiġe first-person singular past indicative ġefolgode second-person singular present indicative ġefolgast second-person singular past indicative ġefolgodest third-person singular present indicative ġefolgaþ third-person singular past indicative ġefolgode -
follow — to follow after, pursue
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative æfterfolgiġe first-person singular past indicative æfterfolgode second-person singular present indicative æfterfolgast second-person singular past indicative æfterfolgodest third-person singular present indicative æfterfolgaþ third-person singular past indicative æfterfolgode -
follow — to perform, fulfil
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġelǣste first-person singular past indicative ġelǣste second-person singular present indicative ġelǣstest, ġelǣst second-person singular past indicative ġelǣstest third-person singular present indicative ġelǣsteþ, ġelǣst third-person singular past indicative ġelǣste -
follow — synonym of folgian (“to follow”)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fylġe first-person singular past indicative fylġde second-person singular present indicative fylġest, fylġst second-person singular past indicative fylġdest third-person singular present indicative fylġeþ, fylġþ third-person singular past indicative fylġde -
follow — to show, point out, assign, destine
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative betǣċe first-person singular past indicative betǣhte, betāhte second-person singular present indicative betǣċest, betǣcst second-person singular past indicative betǣhtest, betāhtest third-person singular present indicative betǣċeþ, betǣcþ third-person singular past indicative betǣhte, betāhte -
follow — to drive or thrust on or upon, enforce one to do something
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bedrīfe first-person singular past indicative bedrāf second-person singular present indicative bedrīfst second-person singular past indicative bedrife third-person singular present indicative bedrīfþ third-person singular past indicative bedrāf
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “follow” 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 “follow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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