Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sail
5 headwords match “sail”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; segl ranks first.
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sail — sail
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular seġl genitive singular seġles dative singular seġle accusative singular seġl nominative plural seġlu, seġlas genitive plural seġla -
sail — to sail
- 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 siġle first-person singular past indicative siġlde, siġlede second-person singular present indicative siġlest second-person singular past indicative siġldest, siġledest third-person singular present indicative siġleþ third-person singular past indicative siġlde, siġlede -
sail — to sail
- 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 seġliġe first-person singular past indicative seġlode second-person singular present indicative seġlast second-person singular past indicative seġlodest third-person singular present indicative seġlaþ third-person singular past indicative seġlode -
sail — to go, move
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġelīþe first-person singular past indicative ġelāþ second-person singular present indicative ġelīþest second-person singular past indicative ġelide third-person singular present indicative ġelīþeþ third-person singular past indicative ġelāþ -
sail — the sea, water deep enough for a ship to sail upon it
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sail” 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 “sail”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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