Modern English → Old English
Old English word for beg
5 headwords match “beg”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bedecian ranks first.
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beg — to beg (for alms)
- 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 bedeciġe first-person singular past indicative bedecode second-person singular present indicative bedecast second-person singular past indicative bedecodest third-person singular present indicative bedecaþ third-person singular past indicative bedecode -
beg — to desire, beg, yearn
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeorne first-person singular past indicative ġeornde second-person singular present indicative ġeornest, ġeornst second-person singular past indicative ġeorndest third-person singular present indicative ġeorneþ, ġeornþ third-person singular past indicative ġeornde -
beg — to beg for something
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābedeciġe first-person singular past indicative ābedecode second-person singular present indicative ābedecast second-person singular past indicative ābedecodest third-person singular present indicative ābedecaþ third-person singular past indicative ābedecode -
beg — to ask (+ accusative someone, + genitive for something)
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bidde first-person singular past indicative bæd second-person singular present indicative bitst second-person singular past indicative bǣde third-person singular present indicative bitt, bit third-person singular past indicative bæd -
beg — to be poor, needy, indigent
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wǣdliġe first-person singular past indicative wǣdlode second-person singular present indicative wǣdlast second-person singular past indicative wǣdlodest third-person singular present indicative wǣdlaþ third-person singular past indicative wǣdlode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “beg” 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 “beg”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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