Modern English → Old English
Old English word for gnaw
5 headwords match “gnaw”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gnagan ranks first.
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gnaw — to gnaw
- 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 gnage first-person singular past indicative gnōg, gnōh second-person singular present indicative gnæġst second-person singular past indicative gnōge third-person singular present indicative gnæġþ third-person singular past indicative gnōg, gnōh -
gnaw — to begnaw, gnaw
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative begnage first-person singular past indicative begnōg, begnōh second-person singular present indicative begnæġst second-person singular past indicative begnōge third-person singular present indicative begnæġþ third-person singular past indicative begnōg, begnōh -
gnaw — to gnaw, bite
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċeorfe first-person singular past indicative sċearf second-person singular present indicative sċierfst second-person singular past indicative sċurfe third-person singular present indicative sċierfþ third-person singular past indicative sċearf -
gnaw — to gnaw or eat up, gnaw away
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forgnage first-person singular past indicative forgnōg, forgnōh second-person singular present indicative forgnæġst second-person singular past indicative forgnōge third-person singular present indicative forgnæġþ third-person singular past indicative forgnōg, forgnōh -
gnaw — to bite, take a bite
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative batiġe first-person singular past indicative batode second-person singular present indicative batast second-person singular past indicative batodest third-person singular present indicative bataþ third-person singular past indicative batode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “gnaw” 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 “gnaw”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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