Modern English → Old English
Old English word for drop
5 headwords match “drop”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dropa ranks first.
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drop — drop
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dropa genitive singular dropan dative singular dropan accusative singular dropan nominative plural dropan genitive plural dropena -
drop — to drop
- 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 dropiġe first-person singular past indicative dropode second-person singular present indicative dropast second-person singular past indicative dropodest third-person singular present indicative dropaþ third-person singular past indicative dropode -
drop — drop by drop
- opens the headword's definition
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drop — to drop, drip
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative drēope first-person singular past indicative drēap second-person singular present indicative drīepst second-person singular past indicative drupe third-person singular present indicative drīepþ third-person singular past indicative drēap -
drop — tear (drop of liquid from the tear duct)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tēar genitive singular tēares dative singular tēare accusative singular tēar nominative plural tēaras genitive plural tēara
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “drop” 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 “drop”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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