Modern English → Old English
Old English word for heal
5 headwords match “heal”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hælan ranks first.
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heal — to heal
- 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 hǣle first-person singular past indicative hǣlde second-person singular present indicative hǣlest, hǣlst second-person singular past indicative hǣldest third-person singular present indicative hǣleþ, hǣlþ third-person singular past indicative hǣlde -
heal — sound physical or spiritual health
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hǣlu genitive singular hǣlu, hǣle dative singular hǣlu, hǣle accusative singular hǣlu, hǣle nominative plural hǣlu, hǣle genitive plural hǣla -
heal — to heal
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġehǣle first-person singular past indicative ġehǣlde second-person singular present indicative ġehǣlest, ġehǣlst second-person singular past indicative ġehǣldest third-person singular present indicative ġehǣleþ, ġehǣlþ third-person singular past indicative ġehǣlde -
heal — to heal, cure
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġelācniġe first-person singular past indicative ġelācnode second-person singular present indicative ġelācnast second-person singular past indicative ġelācnodest third-person singular present indicative ġelācnaþ third-person singular past indicative ġelācnode -
heal — to blind
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āblende first-person singular past indicative āblende second-person singular present indicative āblendest, āblenst, āblentst second-person singular past indicative āblendest third-person singular present indicative āblendeþ, āblent third-person singular past indicative āblende
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “heal” 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 “heal”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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