Modern English → Old English
Old English word for swell
5 headwords match “swell”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; swellan ranks first.
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swell — to swell
- 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 swelle first-person singular past indicative sweall second-person singular present indicative swilst second-person singular past indicative swulle third-person singular present indicative swilþ third-person singular past indicative sweall -
swell — to swell
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative celle first-person singular past indicative ceall second-person singular present indicative cilst second-person singular past indicative culle third-person singular present indicative cilþ third-person singular past indicative ceall -
swell — to become angry, to swell with rage
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative belge first-person singular past indicative bealg, bealh second-person singular present indicative bilġst second-person singular past indicative bulge third-person singular present indicative bilġþ third-person singular past indicative bealg, bealh -
swell — to swell up
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þinde first-person singular past indicative þand second-person singular present indicative þinst, þintst second-person singular past indicative þunde third-person singular present indicative þindeþ, þint third-person singular past indicative þand -
swell — to swell with pride or anger
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þrūtiġe first-person singular past indicative þrūtode second-person singular present indicative þrūtast second-person singular past indicative þrūtodest third-person singular present indicative þrūtaþ third-person singular past indicative þrūtode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “swell” 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 “swell”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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