Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cry
5 headwords match “cry”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gehlyd ranks first.
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cry — cry, clamor, noise
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġehlȳd genitive singular ġehlȳdes dative singular ġehlȳde accusative singular ġehlȳd nominative plural ġehlȳd genitive plural ġehlȳda -
cry — sound; noise; cry
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wōþ genitive singular wōþe dative singular wōþe accusative singular wōþe nominative plural wōþa, wōþe genitive plural wōþa -
cry — scream, shout, yell, cry
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrēam genitive singular hrēames dative singular hrēame accusative singular hrēam nominative plural hrēamas genitive plural hrēama -
cry — a noise; tumult; clamour; revelry, music; sound; cry
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular breahtm genitive singular breahtmes dative singular breahtme accusative singular breahtm nominative plural breahtmas genitive plural breahtma -
cry — to weep, cry
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative grǣte first-person singular past indicative grēt second-person singular present indicative grǣtst second-person singular past indicative grēte third-person singular present indicative grǣtt, grǣt third-person singular past indicative grēt
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cry” 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 “cry”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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