Modern English → Old English
Old English word for wave
10 headwords match “wave”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; wafian ranks first.
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wave — to wave
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wafiġe first-person singular past indicative wafode second-person singular present indicative wafast second-person singular past indicative wafodest third-person singular present indicative wafaþ third-person singular past indicative wafode -
wave — wave (of water)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ȳþ genitive singular ȳþe dative singular ȳþe accusative singular ȳþ, ȳþe nominative plural ȳþe, ȳþa genitive plural ȳþa -
wave — wave
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wǣġ genitive singular wǣġes dative singular wǣġe accusative singular wǣġ nominative plural wǣgas genitive plural wǣga -
wave — wave, billow
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hræn genitive singular hræne dative singular hræne accusative singular hræne nominative plural hræna, hræne genitive plural hræna -
wave — wave; billow
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hærn genitive singular hærne dative singular hærne accusative singular hærne nominative plural hærna, hærne genitive plural hærna -
wave — wave, billow
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular waþem genitive singular waþemes dative singular waþeme accusative singular waþem nominative plural waþemas genitive plural waþema -
wave — wave of flame
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līeġȳþ genitive singular līeġȳþe dative singular līeġȳþe accusative singular līeġȳþ, līeġȳþe nominative plural līeġȳþe, līeġȳþa genitive plural līeġȳþa -
wave — wave of water
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wæterȳþ genitive singular wæterȳþe dative singular wæterȳþe accusative singular wæterȳþ, wæterȳþe nominative plural wæterȳþe, wæterȳþa genitive plural wæterȳþa -
wave — wave from an oar
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ārȳþ genitive singular ārȳþe dative singular ārȳþe accusative singular ārȳþ, ārȳþe nominative plural ārȳþe, ārȳþa genitive plural ārȳþa -
wave — billow, wave
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēar genitive singular ēares dative singular ēare accusative singular ēar nominative plural ēaras genitive plural ēara
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “wave” 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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