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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for drink

5 headwords match “drink”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; drync ranks first.

  1. 1

    drync

    score 24

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 6 inflected forms

    drink — drink; draught

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular drynċ
    genitive singular drynċes
    dative singular drynċe
    accusative singular drynċ
    nominative plural drynċas
    genitive plural drynċa
  2. 2

    drinca

    score 20

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    drink — a drink

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular drinca
    genitive singular drincan
    dative singular drincan
    accusative singular drincan
    nominative plural drincan
    genitive plural drincena
  3. 3

    drincan

    score 17

    verb · strong class III · 14 inflected forms

    drink — to drink

    • 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 drince
    first-person singular past indicative dranc
    second-person singular present indicative drincst
    second-person singular past indicative drunce
    third-person singular present indicative drincþ
    third-person singular past indicative dranc
  4. 4

    drenc

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 6 inflected forms

    drink — drink

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular drenċ
    genitive singular drenċes
    dative singular drenċe
    accusative singular drenċ
    nominative plural drenċas
    genitive plural drenċa
  5. 5

    acdrenc

    score 13

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 6 inflected forms

    drink — drink from an oak

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ācdrenċ
    genitive singular ācdrenċes
    dative singular ācdrenċe
    accusative singular ācdrenċ
    nominative plural ācdrenċas
    genitive plural ācdrenċa

How this ranking works

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

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