Modern English → Old English
Old English word for goad
4 headwords match “goad”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gad ranks first.
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goad — point, tip
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gād genitive singular gāde dative singular gāde accusative singular gāde nominative plural gāda, gāde genitive plural gāda -
goad — to goad to go quickly, drive forth, hasten
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfȳse first-person singular past indicative āfȳsde second-person singular present indicative āfȳsest, āfȳst second-person singular past indicative āfȳsdest third-person singular present indicative āfȳseþ, āfȳst third-person singular past indicative āfȳsde -
goad — to prick; goad; incite; urge; constrain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bryrde first-person singular past indicative bryrde second-person singular present indicative bryrdest, bryrst, bryrtst second-person singular past indicative bryrdest third-person singular present indicative bryrdeþ, bryrþ third-person singular past indicative bryrde -
goad — to spur on, prod, goad
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābryrde first-person singular past indicative ābryrde second-person singular present indicative ābryrdest, ābryrst, ābryrtst second-person singular past indicative ābryrdest third-person singular present indicative ābryrdeþ, ābryrt third-person singular past indicative ābryrde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “goad” 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 “goad”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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