Modern English → Old English
Old English word for eating
8 headwords match “eating”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; eting ranks first.
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eating — eating
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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eating — eating
- opens the headword's definition
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eating — moderate in eating, abstemious
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sȳferǣte strong nominative singular feminine sȳferǣtu, sȳferǣto strong nominative singular neuter sȳferǣte strong accusative singular masculine sȳferǣtne strong accusative singular feminine sȳferǣte strong accusative singular neuter sȳferǣte -
eating — choosy; dainty or fussy (in eating)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ċīes strong nominative singular feminine ċīes strong nominative singular neuter ċīes strong accusative singular masculine ċīesne strong accusative singular feminine ċīese strong accusative singular neuter ċīes -
eating — Cheese Week; the last week of eating cheese before Lent
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċīeswice genitive singular ċīeswican dative singular ċīeswican accusative singular ċīeswican nominative plural ċīeswican genitive plural ċīeswicena -
eating — a measure
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mǣl genitive singular mǣles dative singular mǣle accusative singular mǣl nominative plural mǣl genitive plural mǣla -
eating — gluttonous, eating a lot
- appears in the definition
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eating — to eat with
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative efnete first-person singular past indicative efnǣt second-person singular present indicative efnitst second-person singular past indicative efnǣte third-person singular present indicative efnitt, efnit third-person singular past indicative efnǣt
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “eating” 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 “eating”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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