Modern English → Old English
Old English word for soap
3 headwords match “soap”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sape ranks first.
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soap — soap
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sāpe genitive singular sāpan dative singular sāpan accusative singular sāpan nominative plural sāpan genitive plural sāpena -
soap — a kind of nitre used for soap, detergent
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lēaþor genitive singular lēaþres dative singular lēaþre accusative singular lēaþor nominative plural lēaþor genitive plural lēaþra -
soap — to soap, lather
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative līeþre first-person singular past indicative līeþrede second-person singular present indicative līeþrest second-person singular past indicative līeþredest third-person singular present indicative līeþreþ third-person singular past indicative līeþrede
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “soap” 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 “soap”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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