Modern English → Old English
Old English word for play
10 headwords match “play”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; plega ranks first.
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play — playing
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular plega genitive singular plegan dative singular plegan accusative singular plegan nominative plural plegan genitive plural plegena -
play — to play
- 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 plegiġe first-person singular past indicative plegode second-person singular present indicative plegast second-person singular past indicative plegodest third-person singular present indicative plegaþ third-person singular past indicative plegode -
play — play, sport
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lāc genitive singular lāces, lāce dative singular lāce accusative singular lāc, lāce nominative plural lāc, lāca, lāce genitive plural lāca -
play — motion, commotion, tumultuous assembly, play
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġelāc genitive singular ġelāces, ġelāce dative singular ġelāce accusative singular ġelāc, ġelāce nominative plural ġelāc, ġelāca, ġelāce genitive plural ġelāca -
play — a place for play
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular pleġstōw genitive singular pleġstōwe dative singular pleġstōwe accusative singular pleġstōwe nominative plural pleġstōwa, pleġstōwe genitive plural pleġstōwa -
play — joy, glee
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular glēo genitive singular glēowes dative singular glēowe accusative singular glēo nominative plural glēo genitive plural glēowa -
play — gameboard
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tæfl genitive singular tæfle dative singular tæfle accusative singular tæfle nominative plural tæfla, tæfle genitive plural tæfla -
play — to pipe, play the pipes
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative pīpiġe first-person singular past indicative pīpode second-person singular present indicative pīpast second-person singular past indicative pīpodest third-person singular present indicative pīpaþ third-person singular past indicative pīpode -
play — to play a trumpet
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bīemiġe first-person singular past indicative bīemode second-person singular present indicative bīemast second-person singular past indicative bīemodest third-person singular present indicative bīemaþ third-person singular past indicative bīemode -
play — to play; to make sport of, to revel
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative spiliġe first-person singular past indicative spilode second-person singular present indicative spilast second-person singular past indicative spilodest third-person singular present indicative spilaþ third-person singular past indicative spilode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “play” 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 “play”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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