Modern English → Old English
Old English word for busy
5 headwords match “busy”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bisig ranks first.
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busy — busy
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine bisiġ strong nominative singular feminine bisiġ strong nominative singular neuter bisiġ strong accusative singular masculine bisiġne strong accusative singular feminine bisiġe strong accusative singular neuter bisiġ -
busy — to occupy, busy (keep oneself occupied)
- 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 bisgiġe first-person singular past indicative bisgode second-person singular present indicative bisgast second-person singular past indicative bisgodest third-person singular present indicative bisgaþ third-person singular past indicative bisgode -
busy — busy with fire
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine līġbisiġ strong nominative singular feminine līġbisiġ strong nominative singular neuter līġbisiġ strong accusative singular masculine līġbisiġne strong accusative singular feminine līġbisiġe strong accusative singular neuter līġbisiġ -
busy — business, occupation, activity
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bisiġu genitive singular bisiġu, bisiġe dative singular bisiġu, bisiġe accusative singular bisiġu, bisiġe nominative plural bisiġu, bisiġe genitive plural bisiġa -
busy — to make busy, employ
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābisgiġe first-person singular past indicative ābisgode second-person singular present indicative ābisgast second-person singular past indicative ābisgodest third-person singular present indicative ābisgaþ third-person singular past indicative ābisgode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “busy” 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 “busy”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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