Modern English → Old English
Old English word for duck
8 headwords match “duck”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; duce ranks first.
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duck — duck (bird)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dūce genitive singular dūcan dative singular dūcan accusative singular dūcan nominative plural dūcan genitive plural dūcena -
duck — to dive, to duck
- 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 dūce first-person singular past indicative dēac second-person singular present indicative dȳcst second-person singular past indicative duce third-person singular present indicative dȳcþ third-person singular past indicative dēac -
duck — to dive, to duck, to be immersed
- 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 duciġe first-person singular past indicative ducode second-person singular present indicative ducast second-person singular past indicative ducodest third-person singular present indicative ducaþ third-person singular past indicative ducode -
duck — duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ened genitive singular enede dative singular enede accusative singular ened, enede nominative plural enede, eneda genitive plural eneda -
duck — moorhen
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dopenid genitive singular dopenide dative singular dopenide accusative singular dopenid, dopenide nominative plural dopenide, dopenida genitive plural dopenida -
duck — a diving duck, moorhen, coot
- appears in the definition
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duck — gannet (sea-bird)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ganot genitive singular ganotes dative singular ganote accusative singular ganot nominative plural ganotas genitive plural ganota -
duck — to dive, plunge
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġedūfe first-person singular past indicative ġedēaf second-person singular present indicative ġedȳfst second-person singular past indicative ġedufe third-person singular present indicative ġedȳfþ third-person singular past indicative ġedēaf
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “duck” 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 “duck”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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