Modern English → Old English
Old English word for seed
5 headwords match “seed”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sæd ranks first.
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seed — seed
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sæd strong nominative singular feminine sadu, sado strong nominative singular neuter sæd strong accusative singular masculine sædne strong accusative singular feminine sade strong accusative singular neuter sæd -
seed — corn, a grain or seed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular corn genitive singular cornes dative singular corne accusative singular corn nominative plural corn genitive plural corna -
seed — rapeseed, turnip seed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nǣpsǣd genitive singular nǣpsǣdes dative singular nǣpsǣde accusative singular nǣpsǣd nominative plural nǣpsǣd genitive plural nǣpsǣda -
seed — to sow
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sǣdiġe first-person singular past indicative sǣdode second-person singular present indicative sǣdast second-person singular past indicative sǣdodest third-person singular present indicative sǣdaþ third-person singular past indicative sǣdode -
seed — to sow (seed, etc.) (literally or figuratively)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sāwe first-person singular past indicative sēow second-person singular present indicative sǣwst second-person singular past indicative sēowe third-person singular present indicative sǣwþ third-person singular past indicative sēow
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “seed” 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 “seed”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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