Modern English → Old English
Old English word for waves
10 headwords match “waves”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; seolhyþa ranks first.
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waves — waves where the seal swims
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative plural seolhȳþe, seolhȳþa genitive plural seolhȳþa dative plural seolhȳþum accusative plural seolhȳþe, seolhȳþa -
waves — a course on the waves
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ȳþfaru genitive singular ȳþfare dative singular ȳþfare accusative singular ȳþfare nominative plural ȳþfara, ȳþfare genitive plural ȳþfara -
waves — strife of waves, billow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ȳþġewinn genitive singular ȳþġewinnes dative singular ȳþġewinne accusative singular ȳþġewinn nominative plural ȳþġewinn genitive plural ȳþġewinna -
waves — tossing of the waves at sea
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ȳþġebland genitive singular ȳþġeblandes dative singular ȳþġeblande accusative singular ȳþġebland nominative plural ȳþġebland genitive plural ȳþġeblanda -
waves — what is left by the waves; detritus on the shore
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ȳþlāf genitive singular ȳþlāfe dative singular ȳþlāfe accusative singular ȳþlāfe nominative plural ȳþlāfa, ȳþlāfe genitive plural ȳþlāfa -
waves — surging of the waves; sea billow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular merefaroþ genitive singular merefaroþes dative singular merefaroþe accusative singular merefaroþ nominative plural merefaroþas, merefaroþ genitive plural merefaroþa -
waves — mobile
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wealcol strong nominative singular feminine wealcolu, wealclu, wealcolo, wealclo strong nominative singular neuter wealcol strong accusative singular masculine wealcolne strong accusative singular feminine wealcole, wealcle strong accusative singular neuter wealcol -
waves — to wander about on the waves
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ȳþwōriġe first-person singular past indicative ȳþwōrode second-person singular present indicative ȳþwōrast second-person singular past indicative ȳþwōrodest third-person singular present indicative ȳþwōraþ third-person singular past indicative ȳþwōrode -
waves — to make a roaring sound, as of waves crashing
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ċirċe first-person singular past indicative ċircte second-person singular present indicative ċirċest, ċircst second-person singular past indicative ċirctest third-person singular present indicative ċirċeþ, ċircþ third-person singular past indicative ċircte -
waves — to overflow, be filled
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ȳþiġe first-person singular past indicative ȳþode second-person singular present indicative ȳþast second-person singular past indicative ȳþodest third-person singular present indicative ȳþaþ third-person singular past indicative ȳþode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “waves” 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.
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