Modern English → Old English
Old English word for melt
5 headwords match “melt”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; meltan ranks first.
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melt — to melt
- 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 melte first-person singular past indicative mealt second-person singular present indicative milst, miltst second-person singular past indicative multe third-person singular present indicative milt third-person singular past indicative mealt -
melt — to melt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative mielte first-person singular past indicative mielte second-person singular present indicative mieltest, mielst, mieltst second-person singular past indicative mieltest third-person singular present indicative mielteþ, mielt third-person singular past indicative mielte -
melt — to flow in different directions, melt away
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative tōflōwe first-person singular past indicative tōflēow second-person singular present indicative tōflēwst second-person singular past indicative tōflēowe third-person singular present indicative tōflēwþ third-person singular past indicative tōflēow -
melt — to melt (completely): melt away, liquify
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative formelte first-person singular past indicative formealt second-person singular present indicative formilst, formiltst second-person singular past indicative formulte third-person singular present indicative formilt third-person singular past indicative formealt -
melt — to cause to melt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative formielte first-person singular past indicative formielte second-person singular present indicative formieltest, formielst, formieltst second-person singular past indicative formieltest third-person singular present indicative formielteþ, formielt third-person singular past indicative formielte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “melt” 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 “melt”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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