Modern English → Old English
Old English word for suck
4 headwords match “suck”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sucan ranks first.
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suck — to suck
- 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 sūce first-person singular past indicative sēac second-person singular present indicative sȳcst second-person singular past indicative suce third-person singular present indicative sȳcþ third-person singular past indicative sēac -
suck — to suck
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dēo first-person singular past indicative dēode second-person singular present indicative dēost second-person singular past indicative dēodest third-person singular present indicative dēoþ third-person singular past indicative dēode -
suck — to suck
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sūge first-person singular past indicative sēag, sēah second-person singular present indicative sȳġst second-person singular past indicative suge third-person singular present indicative sȳġþ third-person singular past indicative sēag, sēah -
suck — to sup, sip, suck up, swallow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesūpe first-person singular past indicative ġesēap second-person singular present indicative ġesȳpst second-person singular past indicative ġesupe third-person singular present indicative ġesȳpþ third-person singular past indicative ġesēap
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “suck” 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 “suck”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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