Modern English → Old English
Old English word for tame
4 headwords match “tame”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; tam ranks first.
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tame — tame
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine tam strong nominative singular feminine tamu, tamo strong nominative singular neuter tam strong accusative singular masculine tamne strong accusative singular feminine tame strong accusative singular neuter tam -
tame — tame enough to be handled
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine handtam strong nominative singular feminine handtamu, handtamo strong nominative singular neuter handtam strong accusative singular masculine handtamne strong accusative singular feminine handtame strong accusative singular neuter handtam -
tame — to tame
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative temie, temiġe first-person singular past indicative temede, temode second-person singular present indicative temest, temast second-person singular past indicative temedest, temodest third-person singular present indicative temeþ, temaþ third-person singular past indicative temede, temode -
tame — to control
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wielde first-person singular past indicative wielde second-person singular present indicative wieldest, wielst, wieltst second-person singular past indicative wieldest third-person singular present indicative wieldeþ, wielt third-person singular past indicative wielde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “tame” 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 “tame”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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