Modern English → Old English
Old English word for tap
4 headwords match “tap”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; tæppian ranks first.
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tap — to tap
- 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 tæppiġe first-person singular past indicative tæppode second-person singular present indicative tæppast second-person singular past indicative tæppodest third-person singular present indicative tæppaþ third-person singular past indicative tæppode -
tap — tap, spigot
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tæppa genitive singular tæppan dative singular tæppan accusative singular tæppan nominative plural tæppan genitive plural tæppena -
tap — to touch lightly, pat, tap
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ticciġe first-person singular past indicative ticcode second-person singular present indicative ticcast second-person singular past indicative ticcodest third-person singular present indicative ticcaþ third-person singular past indicative ticcode -
tap — to touch softly, stroke
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þacciġe first-person singular past indicative þaccode second-person singular present indicative þaccast second-person singular past indicative þaccodest third-person singular present indicative þaccaþ third-person singular past indicative þaccode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “tap” 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 “tap”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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