Modern English → Old English
Old English word for shave
5 headwords match “shave”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sceafa ranks first.
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shave — shave (tool), plane, paring knife
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċeafa genitive singular sċeafan dative singular sċeafan accusative singular sċeafan nominative plural sċeafan genitive plural sċeafena -
shave — to shave
- 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 sċafe first-person singular past indicative sċōf second-person singular present indicative sċæfst second-person singular past indicative sċōfe third-person singular present indicative sċæfþ third-person singular past indicative sċōf -
shave — shaving or a shaving; a shave
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċearu genitive singular sċeare dative singular sċeare accusative singular sċeare nominative plural sċeara, sċeare genitive plural sċeara -
shave — to shave off
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āsċafe first-person singular past indicative āsċōf second-person singular present indicative āsċæfst second-person singular past indicative āsċōfe third-person singular present indicative āsċæfþ third-person singular past indicative āsċōf -
shave — to shave
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċiere first-person singular past indicative sċear second-person singular present indicative sċierest, sċierst second-person singular past indicative sċēare third-person singular present indicative sċiereþ, sċierþ third-person singular past indicative sċear
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “shave” 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 “shave”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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