Modern English → Old English
Old English word for say
5 headwords match “say”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; secgan ranks first.
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say — to say, tell
- 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 seċġe first-person singular past indicative sæġde, sǣde second-person singular present indicative sæġst second-person singular past indicative sæġdest, sǣdest third-person singular present indicative sæġþ third-person singular past indicative sæġde, sǣde -
say — to say
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cweþe first-person singular past indicative cwæþ second-person singular present indicative cwist second-person singular past indicative cwǣde third-person singular present indicative cwiþþ, cwiþ third-person singular past indicative cwæþ -
say — to say, tell
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sagiġe first-person singular past indicative sagode second-person singular present indicative sagast second-person singular past indicative sagodest third-person singular present indicative sagaþ third-person singular past indicative sagode -
say — to say
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ācweþe first-person singular past indicative ācwæþ second-person singular present indicative ācwist second-person singular past indicative ācwǣde third-person singular present indicative ācwiþþ, ācwiþ third-person singular past indicative ācwæþ -
say — to say mass
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative mæssiġe first-person singular past indicative mæssode second-person singular present indicative mæssast second-person singular past indicative mæssodest third-person singular present indicative mæssaþ third-person singular past indicative mæssode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “say” 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 “say”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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