Modern English → Old English
Old English word for beckon
2 headwords match “beckon”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; biecnan ranks first.
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beckon — to beckon, nod
- 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 bīecne first-person singular past indicative bīecnede second-person singular present indicative bīecnest second-person singular past indicative bīecnedest third-person singular present indicative bīecneþ third-person singular past indicative bīecnede -
beckon — synonym of bīecnan
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bēacniġe first-person singular past indicative bēacnode second-person singular present indicative bēacnast second-person singular past indicative bēacnodest third-person singular present indicative bēacnaþ third-person singular past indicative bēacnode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “beckon” 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 “beckon”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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