Modern English → Old English
Old English word for wolf
4 headwords match “wolf”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wulf ranks first.
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wolf — wolf
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wulf genitive singular wulfes dative singular wulfe accusative singular wulf nominative plural wulfas genitive plural wulfa -
wolf — wolf
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wylfen strong nominative singular feminine wylfenu, wylfnu, wylfeno, wylfno strong nominative singular neuter wylfen strong accusative singular masculine wylfenne strong accusative singular feminine wylfene, wylfne strong accusative singular neuter wylfen -
wolf — a howl (as of a wolf)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeþēot genitive singular ġeþēotes dative singular ġeþēote accusative singular ġeþēot nominative plural ġeþēot genitive plural ġeþēota -
wolf — to howl (like a wolf)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þēote first-person singular past indicative þēat second-person singular present indicative þīetst second-person singular past indicative þute third-person singular present indicative þīett, þīet third-person singular past indicative þēat
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “wolf” 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 “wolf”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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