Modern English → Old English

Old English word for sigh

8 headwords match “sigh”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; sican ranks first.

Paradigm summary
first-person singular present indicative	sīce
first-person singular past indicative	sāc
second-person singular present indicative	sīcst
second-person singular past indicative	sice
third-person singular present indicative	sīcþ
third-person singular past indicative	sāc

Paradigm summary
first-person singular present indicative	ġegā
first-person singular past indicative	ġeēode
second-person singular present indicative	ġegǣst
second-person singular past indicative	ġeēodest
third-person singular present indicative	ġegǣþ
third-person singular past indicative	ġeēode

Paradigm summary
first-person singular present indicative	ġisciġe
first-person singular past indicative	ġiscode
second-person singular present indicative	ġiscast
second-person singular past indicative	ġiscodest
third-person singular present indicative	ġiscaþ
third-person singular past indicative	ġiscode

Paradigm summary
first-person singular present indicative	siċette
first-person singular past indicative	siċette
second-person singular present indicative	siċetst
second-person singular past indicative	siċettest
third-person singular present indicative	siċett, siċet
third-person singular past indicative	siċette

Paradigm summary
first-person singular present indicative	gōiġe
first-person singular past indicative	gōode
second-person singular present indicative	gōast
second-person singular past indicative	gōodest
third-person singular present indicative	gōaþ
third-person singular past indicative	gōode

Paradigm summary
first-person singular present indicative	sēofiġe
first-person singular past indicative	sēofode
second-person singular present indicative	sēofast
second-person singular past indicative	sēofodest
third-person singular present indicative	sēofaþ
third-person singular past indicative	sēofode

Paradigm summary
first-person singular present indicative	sworette
first-person singular past indicative	sworette
second-person singular present indicative	sworetst
second-person singular past indicative	sworettest
third-person singular present indicative	sworett, sworet
third-person singular past indicative	sworette

Paradigm summary
first-person singular present indicative	clocciġe
first-person singular past indicative	cloccode
second-person singular present indicative	cloccast
second-person singular past indicative	cloccodest
third-person singular present indicative	cloccaþ
third-person singular past indicative	cloccode

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sigh” 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 “sigh”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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Old English word for sigh

sican

gegan

giscian

sicettan

goian

seofian

sworettan

cloccian

How this ranking works

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