Modern English → Old English
Old English word for take
5 headwords match “take”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; tacan ranks first.
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take — to take
- 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 tace first-person singular past indicative tōc second-person singular present indicative tæcst second-person singular past indicative tōce third-person singular present indicative tæcþ third-person singular past indicative tōc -
take — capacious: able to hold or take a lot
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine numol strong nominative singular feminine numol strong nominative singular neuter numol strong accusative singular masculine numolne strong accusative singular feminine numole strong accusative singular neuter numol -
take — to catch, take
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ālæċċe first-person singular past indicative ālǣhte second-person singular present indicative ālæċest second-person singular past indicative ālǣhtest third-person singular present indicative ālæċeþ third-person singular past indicative ālǣhte -
take — to take care
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ċeariġe first-person singular past indicative ċearode second-person singular present indicative ċearast second-person singular past indicative ċearodest third-person singular present indicative ċearaþ third-person singular past indicative ċearode -
take — to take captive
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġehæfte first-person singular past indicative ġehæfte second-person singular present indicative ġehæftest, ġehæfst, ġehæftst second-person singular past indicative ġehæftest third-person singular present indicative ġehæfteþ, ġehæft third-person singular past indicative ġehæfte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “take” 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 “take”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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