Modern English → Old English
Old English word for attain
8 headwords match “attain”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; ræcan ranks first.
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attain — to reach, attain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative rǣċe first-person singular past indicative rǣhte, rāhte second-person singular present indicative rǣċest, rǣcst second-person singular past indicative rǣhtest, rāhtest third-person singular present indicative rǣċeþ, rǣcþ third-person singular past indicative rǣhte, rāhte -
attain — to follow, reach by following, attain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġefolgiġe first-person singular past indicative ġefolgode second-person singular present indicative ġefolgast second-person singular past indicative ġefolgodest third-person singular present indicative ġefolgaþ third-person singular past indicative ġefolgode -
attain — to wait, bide
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġebīde first-person singular past indicative ġebād second-person singular present indicative ġebītst second-person singular past indicative ġebide third-person singular present indicative ġebītt, ġebīt third-person singular past indicative ġebād -
attain — Of persons:
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġefēre first-person singular past indicative ġeferde, ġeferode second-person singular present indicative ġefērest, ġefērst second-person singular past indicative ġefērdest third-person singular present indicative ġefēreþ, ġefērþ third-person singular past indicative ġeferde, ġeferode -
attain — to track
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative spyrie first-person singular past indicative spyrede second-person singular present indicative spyrest second-person singular past indicative spyredest third-person singular present indicative spyreþ third-person singular past indicative spyrede -
attain — to climb, ascend
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġestīge first-person singular past indicative ġestāg, ġestāh second-person singular present indicative ġestīġst second-person singular past indicative ġestige third-person singular present indicative ġestīġþ third-person singular past indicative ġestāg, ġestāh -
attain — to touch
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġetille first-person singular past indicative ġetilede second-person singular present indicative ġetilest second-person singular past indicative ġetiledest third-person singular present indicative ġetileþ third-person singular past indicative ġetilede -
attain — to set out, depart, direct one's course to
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fundiġe first-person singular past indicative fundode second-person singular present indicative fundast second-person singular past indicative fundodest third-person singular present indicative fundaþ third-person singular past indicative fundode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “attain” 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 “attain”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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