Modern English → Old English
Old English word for shit
4 headwords match “shit”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; scite ranks first.
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shit — shit, faeces
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċite genitive singular sċite dative singular sċite accusative singular sċite nominative plural sċite, sċita genitive plural sċita -
shit — to defecate, shit
- 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 sċīte first-person singular past indicative sċāt second-person singular present indicative sċītst second-person singular past indicative sċite third-person singular present indicative sċītt, sċīt third-person singular past indicative sċāt -
shit — loose stool, diarrhoea
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċitte genitive singular sċittan dative singular sċittan accusative singular sċittan nominative plural sċittan genitive plural sċittena -
shit — to smear or shit all over, befoul, befilth
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bescīte first-person singular past indicative bescāt second-person singular present indicative bescītst second-person singular past indicative bescite third-person singular present indicative bescītt, bescīt third-person singular past indicative bescāt
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “shit” 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 “shit”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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