Modern English → Old English
Old English word for chew
5 headwords match “chew”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ceowan ranks first.
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chew — to chew
- 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 ċēowe first-person singular past indicative ċēaw second-person singular present indicative ċīewst second-person singular past indicative cuwe third-person singular present indicative ċīewþ third-person singular past indicative ċēaw -
chew — the act of chewing
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeċēaw genitive singular ġeċēawes dative singular ġeċēawe accusative singular ġeċēaw nominative plural ġeċēaw genitive plural ġeċēawa -
chew — to bite, take a bite
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative batiġe first-person singular past indicative batode second-person singular present indicative batast second-person singular past indicative batodest third-person singular present indicative bataþ third-person singular past indicative batode -
chew — to bite, take a bite
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bitiġe first-person singular past indicative bitode second-person singular present indicative bitast second-person singular past indicative bitodest third-person singular present indicative bitaþ third-person singular past indicative bitode -
chew — to bite, take a bite
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bitte first-person singular past indicative bitte second-person singular present indicative bitst second-person singular past indicative bittest third-person singular present indicative bitt, bit third-person singular past indicative bitte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “chew” 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 “chew”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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