Modern English → Old English
Old English word for stay
10 headwords match “stay”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; stæg ranks first.
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stay — a stay (rope); a rope supporting a mast
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stæġ genitive singular stæġes dative singular stæġe accusative singular stæġ nominative plural stagu genitive plural staga -
stay — steep
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stǣġel strong nominative singular feminine stǣġelu, stǣġlu, stǣġelo, stǣġlo strong nominative singular neuter stǣġel strong accusative singular masculine stǣġelne strong accusative singular feminine stǣġele, stǣġle strong accusative singular neuter stǣġel -
stay — residence, home, dwelling; place to stay or live
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wunung genitive singular wununge dative singular wununge accusative singular wununge nominative plural wununga, wununge genitive plural wununga -
stay — wait, delay
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ābād genitive singular ābāde dative singular ābāde accusative singular ābāde nominative plural ābāda, ābāde genitive plural ābāda -
stay — basis
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stapol genitive singular stapoles dative singular stapole accusative singular stapol nominative plural stapolas genitive plural stapola -
stay — to stay or remain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative belīfe first-person singular past indicative belāf second-person singular present indicative belīfst second-person singular past indicative belife third-person singular present indicative belīfþ third-person singular past indicative belāf -
stay — to stay as a guest, lodge
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġiestiġe first-person singular past indicative ġiestode second-person singular present indicative ġiestast second-person singular past indicative ġiestodest third-person singular present indicative ġiestaþ third-person singular past indicative ġiestode -
stay — to wait
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bīde first-person singular past indicative bād second-person singular present indicative bītst second-person singular past indicative bide third-person singular present indicative bītt, bīt third-person singular past indicative bād -
stay — to sit
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sitte first-person singular past indicative sæt second-person singular present indicative sitst second-person singular past indicative sǣte third-person singular present indicative sitt, sit third-person singular past indicative sæt -
stay — to live somewhere
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wuniġe first-person singular past indicative wunode second-person singular present indicative wunast second-person singular past indicative wunodest third-person singular present indicative wunaþ third-person singular past indicative wunode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “stay” 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 “stay”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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