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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for din

4 headwords match “din”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; dyne ranks first.

  1. 1

    dyne

    score 24

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    din — din

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular dyne
    genitive singular dynes
    dative singular dyne
    accusative singular dyne
    nominative plural dynas
    genitive plural dyna
  2. 2

    clacu

    score 9

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    din — the din of battle; battle

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular clacu
    genitive singular clace
    dative singular clace
    accusative singular clace
    nominative plural claca, clace
    genitive plural claca
  3. 3

    dynnan

    score 7

    verb · weak class 1 · 15 inflected forms

    din — to make a noise; to resound

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative dynne
    first-person singular past indicative dynede
    second-person singular present indicative dynest
    second-person singular past indicative dynedest
    third-person singular present indicative dyneþ
    third-person singular past indicative dynede
  4. 4

    hlin

    score 5

    noun, masculine

    din — maple tree

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “din” 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?

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