Modern English → Old English
Old English word for egg
5 headwords match “egg”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; eggian ranks first.
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egg — to excite, egg
- 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 eggiġe first-person singular past indicative eggode second-person singular present indicative eggast second-person singular past indicative eggodest third-person singular present indicative eggaþ third-person singular past indicative eggode -
egg — egg
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣġ genitive singular ǣġes dative singular ǣġe accusative singular ǣġ nominative plural ǣġru genitive plural ǣġra -
egg — the sticky or gluey part of an egg, as opposed to the yolk; the eggwhite
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣġlīm genitive singular ǣġlīmes dative singular ǣġlīme accusative singular ǣġlīm nominative plural ǣġlīmas genitive plural ǣġlīma -
egg — the skin or membrane of an egg
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣġerfelma genitive singular ǣġerfelman dative singular ǣġerfelman accusative singular ǣġerfelman nominative plural ǣġerfelman genitive plural ǣġerfelmena -
egg — to egg on, urge, excite
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeeggiġe first-person singular past indicative ġeeggode second-person singular present indicative ġeeggast second-person singular past indicative ġeeggodest third-person singular present indicative ġeeggaþ third-person singular past indicative ġeeggode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “egg” 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 “egg”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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