Modern English → Old English
Old English word for swallow
9 headwords match “swallow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; swealwe ranks first.
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swallow — swallow (bird)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular swealwe genitive singular swealwan dative singular swealwan accusative singular swealwan nominative plural swealwan genitive plural swealwena -
swallow — to swallow
- 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 swelge first-person singular past indicative swealg, swealh second-person singular present indicative swilġst second-person singular past indicative swulge third-person singular present indicative swilġþ third-person singular past indicative swealg, swealh -
swallow — chasm
- listed as an English descendant
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swallow — gulf, chasm
- listed as an English descendant
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swallow — to swallow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beġīne first-person singular past indicative begān second-person singular present indicative beġīnst second-person singular past indicative beġine third-person singular present indicative beġīnþ third-person singular past indicative begān -
swallow — to sup up, swallow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative besūpe first-person singular past indicative besēap second-person singular present indicative besȳpst second-person singular past indicative besupe third-person singular present indicative besȳpþ third-person singular past indicative besēap -
swallow — to sup, sip, suck up, swallow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesūpe first-person singular past indicative ġesēap second-person singular present indicative ġesȳpst second-person singular past indicative ġesupe third-person singular present indicative ġesȳpþ third-person singular past indicative ġesēap -
swallow — to swallow up, devour
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forswelge first-person singular past indicative forswealg, forswealh second-person singular present indicative forswilġst second-person singular past indicative forswulge third-person singular present indicative forswilġþ third-person singular past indicative forswealg, forswealh -
swallow — to take into the throat, gargle
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative swolgette first-person singular past indicative swolgette second-person singular present indicative swolgetst second-person singular past indicative swolgettest third-person singular present indicative swolgett, swolget third-person singular past indicative swolgette
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “swallow” 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 “swallow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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