Modern English → Old English
Old English word for buy
5 headwords match “buy”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bycgan ranks first.
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buy — to buy
- 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 byċġe first-person singular past indicative bohte second-person singular present indicative byġst second-person singular past indicative bohtest third-person singular present indicative byġþ third-person singular past indicative bohte -
buy — to buy
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ċēapiġe first-person singular past indicative ċēapode second-person singular present indicative ċēapast second-person singular past indicative ċēapodest third-person singular present indicative ċēapaþ third-person singular past indicative ċēapode -
buy — to buy
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġecēpe first-person singular past indicative ġecēpte second-person singular present indicative ġecēpest, ġecēpst second-person singular past indicative ġecēptest third-person singular present indicative ġecēpeþ, ġecēpþ third-person singular past indicative ġecēpte -
buy — to buy, pay for
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābyċġe first-person singular past indicative ābohte second-person singular present indicative ābyġst second-person singular past indicative ābohtest third-person singular present indicative ābyġþ third-person singular past indicative ābohte -
buy — to buy, purchase, procure
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġebyċġe first-person singular past indicative ġebohte second-person singular present indicative ġebyġst second-person singular past indicative ġebohtest third-person singular present indicative ġebyġþ third-person singular past indicative ġebohte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “buy” 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 “buy”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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