Modern English → Old English
Old English word for foul
10 headwords match “foul”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; ful ranks first.
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foul — foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ful strong nominative singular feminine ful strong nominative singular neuter ful strong accusative singular masculine fulne strong accusative singular feminine fulle strong accusative singular neuter ful -
foul — foul
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine womm strong nominative singular feminine womm strong nominative singular neuter womm strong accusative singular masculine womne strong accusative singular feminine womme strong accusative singular neuter womm -
foul — foul; dirty; defiled
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine horiġ strong nominative singular feminine horiġ strong nominative singular neuter horiġ strong accusative singular masculine horiġne strong accusative singular feminine horiġe strong accusative singular neuter horiġ -
foul — foul, dirty
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine horsċ strong nominative singular feminine horsċ strong nominative singular neuter horsċ strong accusative singular masculine horsċne strong accusative singular feminine horsċe strong accusative singular neuter horsċ -
foul — disgraced, shameless, foul
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ǣwisċ strong nominative singular feminine ǣwisċ strong nominative singular neuter ǣwisċ strong accusative singular masculine ǣwisċne strong accusative singular feminine ǣwisċe, ǣwsċe strong accusative singular neuter ǣwisċ -
foul — impure, unclean, foul
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unsȳfre strong nominative singular feminine unsȳfru, unsȳfro strong nominative singular neuter unsȳfre strong accusative singular masculine unsȳferne strong accusative singular feminine unsȳfre strong accusative singular neuter unsȳfre -
foul — filth
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fȳlþu genitive singular fȳlþe dative singular fȳlþe accusative singular fȳlþe nominative plural fȳlþa, fȳlþe genitive plural fȳlþa -
foul — to foul
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fūliġe first-person singular past indicative fūlode second-person singular present indicative fūlast second-person singular past indicative fūlodest third-person singular present indicative fūlaþ third-person singular past indicative fūlode -
foul — slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine slipor strong nominative singular feminine slipor strong nominative singular neuter slipor strong accusative singular masculine sliporne strong accusative singular feminine slipore strong accusative singular neuter slipor -
foul — to be or become foul, putrid
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfūliġe first-person singular past indicative āfūlode second-person singular present indicative āfūlast second-person singular past indicative āfūlodest third-person singular present indicative āfūlaþ third-person singular past indicative āfūlode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “foul” 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.
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