Modern English → Old English
Old English word for soul
10 headwords match “soul”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; sawol ranks first.
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soul — soul
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sāwol genitive singular sāwle dative singular sāwle accusative singular sāwle nominative plural sāwla, sāwle genitive plural sāwla -
soul — provided with soul
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġesāweled strong nominative singular feminine ġesāweled strong nominative singular neuter ġesāweled strong accusative singular masculine ġesāweledne strong accusative singular feminine ġesāwelede strong accusative singular neuter ġesāweled -
soul — material body (in contrast with soul)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular flǣsċhama genitive singular flǣsċhaman dative singular flǣsċhaman accusative singular flǣsċhaman nominative plural flǣsċhaman genitive plural flǣsċhamena -
soul — the parting between body and soul; death
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gāstġedāl genitive singular gāstġedāles dative singular gāstġedāle accusative singular gāstġedāl nominative plural gāstġedāl genitive plural gāstġedāla -
soul — the parting between body and soul; death
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sāwolġedāl genitive singular sāwolġedāles dative singular sāwolġedāle accusative singular sāwolġedāl nominative plural sāwolġedāl genitive plural sāwolġedāla -
soul — a need of the soul
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sāwolþearf genitive singular sāwolþearfe dative singular sāwolþearfe accusative singular sāwolþearfe nominative plural sāwolþearfa, sāwolþearfe genitive plural sāwolþearfa -
soul — soul-bearer; a being endowed with a soul
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sāwolberend genitive singular sāwolberendes dative singular sāwolberende accusative singular sāwolberend nominative plural sāwolberend, sāwolberende, sāwolberendas genitive plural sāwolberendra -
soul — life (one whose safety is questioned)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feorh genitive singular fēores dative singular fēore accusative singular feorh nominative plural feorh, fēoras genitive plural fēora -
soul — torment of the soul
- appears in the definition
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soul — soul-enclosure, bosom, body
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ferhþloca genitive singular ferhþlocan dative singular ferhþlocan accusative singular ferhþlocan nominative plural ferhþlocan genitive plural ferhþlocena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “soul” 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?
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