Modern English → Old English
Old English word for spit
10 headwords match “spit”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; spitu ranks first.
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spit — spit (of wood, metal etc. for roasting meat)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular spitu genitive singular spite dative singular spite accusative singular spite nominative plural spita, spite genitive plural spita, spitena -
spit — spit, skewer
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular snās genitive singular snāse dative singular snāse accusative singular snāse nominative plural snāsa, snāse genitive plural snāsa -
spit — spit, spittle
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular spātl genitive singular spātles dative singular spātle accusative singular spātl nominative plural spātlu genitive plural spātla -
spit — to spit
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative spǣte first-person singular past indicative spǣtte second-person singular present indicative spǣtest, spǣtst second-person singular past indicative spǣttest third-person singular present indicative spǣteþ, spǣtt, spǣt third-person singular past indicative spǣtte -
spit — to spit
- 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 -
spit — to spit out
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative spātliġe first-person singular past indicative spātlode second-person singular present indicative spātlast second-person singular past indicative spātlodest third-person singular present indicative spātlaþ third-person singular past indicative spātlode -
spit — to spit, squirt, or syringe through
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeondspǣte first-person singular past indicative ġeondspǣtte second-person singular present indicative ġeondspǣtest, ġeondspǣtst second-person singular past indicative ġeondspǣttest third-person singular present indicative ġeondspǣteþ, ġeondspǣtt, ġeondspǣt third-person singular past indicative ġeondspǣtte -
spit — to vomit, spew
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative spīwe first-person singular past indicative spāw second-person singular present indicative spīwst second-person singular past indicative spiwe third-person singular present indicative spīwþ third-person singular past indicative spāw -
spit — to spit out, cough out
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āhrǣċe first-person singular past indicative āhrǣcte second-person singular present indicative āhrǣċest, āhrǣcst second-person singular past indicative āhrǣctest third-person singular present indicative āhrǣċeþ, āhrǣcþ third-person singular past indicative āhrǣcte -
spit — to clear the throat, hawk
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hrǣċe first-person singular past indicative hrǣhte second-person singular present indicative hrǣċest, hrǣcst second-person singular past indicative hrǣhtest third-person singular present indicative hrǣċeþ, hrǣcþ third-person singular past indicative hrǣhte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “spit” 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 “spit”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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