Modern English → Old English
Old English word for will
5 headwords match “will”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; willa ranks first.
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will — will
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular willa genitive singular willan dative singular willan accusative singular willan nominative plural willan genitive plural willena -
will — to will
- 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 williġe first-person singular past indicative willode second-person singular present indicative willast second-person singular past indicative willodest third-person singular present indicative willaþ third-person singular past indicative willode -
will — pleasure, will
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wil genitive singular willes dative singular wille accusative singular wil nominative plural wil genitive plural willa -
will — will, testament, document concerning inheritance
- opens the headword's definition
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will — to want, desire
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wille first-person singular past indicative wolde second-person singular present indicative wilt second-person singular past indicative woldest third-person singular present indicative wile third-person singular past indicative wolde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “will” 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 “will”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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