Modern English → Old English
Old English word for stake
5 headwords match “stake”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; staca ranks first.
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stake — stake
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular staca genitive singular stacan dative singular stacan accusative singular stacan nominative plural stacan genitive plural stacena -
stake — stake
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular pāl genitive singular pāles dative singular pāle accusative singular pāl nominative plural pālas genitive plural pāla -
stake — a staking, piercing with a stake
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stacung genitive singular stacunge dative singular stacunge accusative singular stacunge nominative plural stacunga, stacunge genitive plural stacunga -
stake — waiting; expectation
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bād genitive singular bāde dative singular bāde accusative singular bāde nominative plural bāda, bāde genitive plural bāda -
stake — rod, staff
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeard genitive singular ġeardes dative singular ġearde accusative singular ġeard nominative plural ġeardas genitive plural ġearda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “stake” 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 “stake”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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