Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bite
5 headwords match “bite”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bita ranks first.
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bite — bite (of food), mouthful
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bita genitive singular bitan dative singular bitan accusative singular bitan nominative plural bitan genitive plural bitena -
bite — bite
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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bite — to bite
- 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 bīte first-person singular past indicative bāt second-person singular present indicative bītst second-person singular past indicative bite third-person singular present indicative bītt, bīt third-person singular past indicative bāt -
bite — a small cake
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cyċel genitive singular cyċles dative singular cyċle accusative singular cyċel nominative plural cyċlas genitive plural cyċla -
bite — to gnaw, bite
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċeorfe first-person singular past indicative sċearf second-person singular present indicative sċierfst second-person singular past indicative sċurfe third-person singular present indicative sċierfþ third-person singular past indicative sċearf
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bite” 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 “bite”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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