Modern English → Old English
Old English word for love
5 headwords match “love”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; lufu ranks first.
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love — love
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lufu, lufe genitive singular lufe, lufan dative singular lufe, lufan accusative singular lufe, lufan nominative plural lufa, lufe, lufan genitive plural lufa, lufena -
love — to love
- 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 lufiġe first-person singular past indicative lufode second-person singular present indicative lufast second-person singular past indicative lufodest third-person singular present indicative lufaþ third-person singular past indicative lufode -
love — love of money
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feohlufu genitive singular feohlufe dative singular feohlufe accusative singular feohlufe nominative plural feohlufa, feohlufe genitive plural feohlufa -
love — love, the act of loving
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lufung genitive singular lufunge dative singular lufunge accusative singular lufunge -
love — love for one's mother
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōdorlufu genitive singular mōdorlufe dative singular mōdorlufe accusative singular mōdorlufe nominative plural mōdorlufa, mōdorlufe genitive plural mōdorlufa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “love” 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 “love”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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