Modern English → Old English
Old English word for lay
10 headwords match “lay”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; læwede ranks first.
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lay — lay; non-clerical
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lǣwede strong nominative singular feminine lǣwedu, lǣwedo strong nominative singular neuter lǣwede strong accusative singular masculine lǣwedne strong accusative singular feminine lǣwede strong accusative singular neuter lǣwede -
lay — sea, water, lake
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lagu genitive singular lage dative singular lage accusative singular lage nominative plural laga, lage genitive plural laga -
lay — to put or place
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative leċġe first-person singular past indicative leġde, lēde, læġde second-person singular present indicative leġst second-person singular past indicative leġdest, lēdest, læġdest third-person singular present indicative leġþ third-person singular past indicative leġde, lēde, læġde -
lay — that which lies or is laid
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular læġ genitive singular læġes dative singular læġe accusative singular læġ nominative plural lagu genitive plural laga -
lay — to lay bare
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bariġe first-person singular past indicative barode second-person singular present indicative barast second-person singular past indicative barodest third-person singular present indicative baraþ third-person singular past indicative barode -
lay — to lay down, put down
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āleċġe first-person singular past indicative āleġde second-person singular present indicative āleġst second-person singular past indicative āleġdest third-person singular present indicative āleġþ third-person singular past indicative āleġde -
lay — to lay upon, cover; overspread; overlay; bethatch
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beleċġe first-person singular past indicative beleġde second-person singular present indicative beleġst second-person singular past indicative beleġdest third-person singular present indicative beleġþ third-person singular past indicative beleġde -
lay — to lay, set, place
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeleċġe first-person singular past indicative ġeleġde second-person singular present indicative ġeleġst second-person singular past indicative ġeleġdest third-person singular present indicative ġeleġþ third-person singular past indicative ġeleġde -
lay — to lay down
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ofleċġe first-person singular past indicative ofleġde second-person singular present indicative ofleġst second-person singular past indicative ofleġdest third-person singular present indicative ofleġþ third-person singular past indicative ofleġde -
lay — to lay over, above, or upon something else, cover the surface of
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferleċġe first-person singular past indicative oferleġde second-person singular present indicative oferleġst second-person singular past indicative oferleġdest third-person singular present indicative oferleġþ third-person singular past indicative oferleġde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “lay” 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 “lay”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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