Modern English → Old English
Old English word for devour
10 headwords match “devour”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; fretan ranks first.
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devour — to devour
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative frete first-person singular past indicative frǣt second-person singular present indicative fritst second-person singular past indicative frǣte third-person singular present indicative fritt, frit third-person singular past indicative frǣt -
devour — to bite, eat, consume, devour
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābīte first-person singular past indicative ābāt second-person singular present indicative ābītst second-person singular past indicative ābite third-person singular present indicative ābītt, ābīt third-person singular past indicative ābāt -
devour — to swallow up, devour
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forswelge first-person singular past indicative forswealg, forswealh second-person singular present indicative forswilġst second-person singular past indicative forswulge third-person singular present indicative forswilġþ third-person singular past indicative forswealg, forswealh -
devour — to graze over
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āette first-person singular past indicative āette second-person singular present indicative āetst second-person singular past indicative āettest third-person singular present indicative āett, āet third-person singular past indicative āette -
devour — to swallow
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative swelge first-person singular past indicative swealg, swealh second-person singular present indicative swilġst second-person singular past indicative swulge third-person singular present indicative swilġþ third-person singular past indicative swealg, swealh -
devour — to pillage, plunder, sack
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hȳþe first-person singular past indicative hȳþde second-person singular present indicative hȳþest, hȳst second-person singular past indicative hȳþdest third-person singular present indicative hȳþeþ, hȳþþ, hȳþ third-person singular past indicative hȳþde -
devour — to pillage, plunder, sack
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āhȳþe first-person singular past indicative āhȳþde second-person singular present indicative āhȳþest, āhȳst second-person singular past indicative āhȳþdest third-person singular present indicative āhȳþeþ, āhȳþþ, āhȳþ third-person singular past indicative āhȳþde -
devour — to fathom, to measure with outstretched arms
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fæþmiġe first-person singular past indicative fæþmode second-person singular present indicative fæþmast second-person singular past indicative fæþmodest third-person singular present indicative fæþmaþ third-person singular past indicative fæþmode -
devour — to entertain, receive (as a guest); to feast
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative feormiġe first-person singular past indicative feormode second-person singular present indicative feormast second-person singular past indicative feormodest third-person singular present indicative feormaþ third-person singular past indicative feormode -
devour — to take away, plunder, waste, ransack
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fornime first-person singular past indicative fornam, fornōm second-person singular present indicative fornimest, fornimst second-person singular past indicative fornōme, fornāme third-person singular present indicative fornimeþ, fornimþ third-person singular past indicative fornam, fornōm
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “devour” 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 “devour”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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