Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sow
10 headwords match “sow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; sugu ranks first.
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sow — sow (female pig)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sugu genitive singular suge dative singular suge accusative singular suge nominative plural suga, suge genitive plural suga -
sow — sow (female pig)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sū genitive singular sȳ, sūe, sūwe dative singular sȳ accusative singular sū nominative plural sȳ genitive plural sūa, sūwa -
sow — to sow (seed, etc.) (literally or figuratively)
- 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 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 -
sow — young sow
- appears in the definition
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sow — to sow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āsāwe first-person singular past indicative āsēow second-person singular present indicative āsǣwst second-person singular past indicative āsēowe third-person singular present indicative āsǣwþ third-person singular past indicative āsēow -
sow — to sow
- appears in the definition
- 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 -
sow — to sow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesāwe first-person singular past indicative ġesēow second-person singular present indicative ġesǣwst second-person singular past indicative ġesēowe third-person singular present indicative ġesǣwþ third-person singular past indicative ġesēow -
sow — to sow, sow about
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative besāwe first-person singular past indicative besēow second-person singular present indicative besǣwst second-person singular past indicative besēowe third-person singular present indicative besǣwþ third-person singular past indicative besēow -
sow — to sow broadcast; to disperse, scatter
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative tōsāwe first-person singular past indicative tōsēow second-person singular present indicative tōsǣwst second-person singular past indicative tōsēowe third-person singular present indicative tōsǣwþ third-person singular past indicative tōsēow -
sow — to sow seed over other sown seed; to oversow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ofersāwe first-person singular past indicative ofersēow second-person singular present indicative ofersǣwst second-person singular past indicative ofersēowe third-person singular present indicative ofersǣwþ third-person singular past indicative ofersēow
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sow” 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 “sow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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