Modern English → Old English
Old English word for beat
5 headwords match “beat”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beatan ranks first.
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beat — to beat
- 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 bēate first-person singular past indicative bēot, beoft second-person singular present indicative bīetst second-person singular past indicative bēote, beofte third-person singular present indicative bīett, bīet third-person singular past indicative bēot, beoft -
beat — to beat
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cnīde first-person singular past indicative cnād second-person singular present indicative cnītst second-person singular past indicative cnide third-person singular present indicative cnītt, cnīt third-person singular past indicative cnād -
beat — to beat, strike
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābēate first-person singular past indicative ābēot, ābeoft second-person singular present indicative ābīetst second-person singular past indicative ābēote, ābeofte third-person singular present indicative ābīett, ābīet third-person singular past indicative ābēot, ābeoft -
beat — to beat, bruise
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative behēawe first-person singular past indicative behēow second-person singular present indicative behīewst second-person singular past indicative behēowe third-person singular present indicative behīewþ third-person singular past indicative behēow -
beat — To beat or strike.
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative denġe first-person singular past indicative dengde second-person singular present indicative denġest, dengst second-person singular past indicative dengdest third-person singular present indicative denġeþ, dengþ third-person singular past indicative dengde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “beat” 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 “beat”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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