Modern English → Old English
Old English word for spade
3 headwords match “spade”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; spadu ranks first.
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spade — spade
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular spadu genitive singular spade dative singular spade accusative singular spade nominative plural spada, spade genitive plural spada -
spade — leaf
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular blǣd genitive singular blǣdes dative singular blǣde accusative singular blǣd nominative plural blǣdas genitive plural blǣda -
spade — to dig with spade
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative spitte first-person singular past indicative spitte second-person singular present indicative spitst second-person singular past indicative spittest third-person singular present indicative spitt, spit third-person singular past indicative spitte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “spade” 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 “spade”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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