Modern English → Old English
Old English word for spend
5 headwords match “spend”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; spendan ranks first.
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spend — to spend
- 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 spende first-person singular past indicative spende second-person singular present indicative spendest, spenst, spentst second-person singular past indicative spendest third-person singular present indicative spendeþ, spent third-person singular past indicative spende -
spend — to spend entirely, consume, squander
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āspende first-person singular past indicative āspende second-person singular present indicative āspendest, āspenst, āspentst second-person singular past indicative āspendest third-person singular present indicative āspendeþ, āspent third-person singular past indicative āspende -
spend — to spend utterly; spend away, consume, exhaust with spending
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forspende first-person singular past indicative forspende second-person singular present indicative forspendest, forspenst, forspentst second-person singular past indicative forspendest third-person singular present indicative forspendeþ, forspent third-person singular past indicative forspende -
spend — to share
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dǣle first-person singular past indicative dǣlde second-person singular present indicative dǣlest, dǣlst second-person singular past indicative dǣldest third-person singular present indicative dǣleþ, dǣlþ third-person singular past indicative dǣlde -
spend — to get, procure
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cyste first-person singular past indicative cyste second-person singular present indicative cystest, cyst second-person singular past indicative cystest third-person singular present indicative cysteþ, cyst third-person singular past indicative cyste
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “spend” 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 “spend”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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