Modern English → Old English
Old English word for leave
5 headwords match “leave”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; læfan ranks first.
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leave — to leave
- 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 lǣfe first-person singular past indicative lǣfde second-person singular present indicative lǣfest, lǣfst second-person singular past indicative lǣfdest third-person singular present indicative lǣfeþ, lǣfþ third-person singular past indicative lǣfde -
leave — permission
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lēaf genitive singular lēafes dative singular lēafe accusative singular lēaf nominative plural lēaf genitive plural lēafa -
leave — to leave
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġelǣfe first-person singular past indicative ġelǣfde second-person singular present indicative ġelǣfest, ġelǣfst second-person singular past indicative ġelǣfdest third-person singular present indicative ġelǣfeþ, ġelǣfþ third-person singular past indicative ġelǣfde -
leave — to leave
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forlǣte first-person singular past indicative forlēt, forleort second-person singular present indicative forlǣtst second-person singular past indicative forlēte, forleorte third-person singular present indicative forlǣtt, forlǣt third-person singular past indicative forlēt, forleort -
leave — to leave alone
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ānforlǣte first-person singular past indicative ānforlēt, ānforleort second-person singular present indicative ānforlǣtst second-person singular past indicative ānforlēte, ānforleorte third-person singular present indicative ānforlǣtt, ānforlǣt third-person singular past indicative ānforlēt, ānforleort
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “leave” 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 “leave”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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