Modern English → Old English
Old English word for give
5 headwords match “give”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; giefan ranks first.
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give — to give
- 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 ġiefe first-person singular past indicative ġeaf second-person singular present indicative ġiefst second-person singular past indicative ġēafe third-person singular present indicative ġiefþ third-person singular past indicative ġeaf -
give — to offer, give
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bēode first-person singular past indicative bēad second-person singular present indicative bīetst second-person singular past indicative bude third-person singular present indicative bīett, bīet third-person singular past indicative bēad -
give — to give
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative selle first-person singular past indicative sealde second-person singular present indicative selest second-person singular past indicative sealdest third-person singular present indicative seleþ third-person singular past indicative sealde -
give — to give
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āġiefe first-person singular past indicative āġeaf second-person singular present indicative āġiefst second-person singular past indicative āġēafe third-person singular present indicative āġiefþ third-person singular past indicative āġeaf -
give — to give hostages
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġīsliġe first-person singular past indicative ġīslode second-person singular present indicative ġīslast second-person singular past indicative ġīslodest third-person singular present indicative ġīslaþ third-person singular past indicative ġīslode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “give” 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 “give”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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