Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dry
5 headwords match “dry”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dryge ranks first.
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dry — dry
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine drȳġe strong nominative singular feminine drȳġu, drȳġo strong nominative singular neuter drȳġe strong accusative singular masculine drȳġne strong accusative singular feminine drȳġe strong accusative singular neuter drȳġe -
dry — dry, withered, barren
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sīere strong nominative singular feminine sīeru, sīero strong nominative singular neuter sīere strong accusative singular masculine sīerne strong accusative singular feminine sīere strong accusative singular neuter sīere -
dry — dry
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ādrȳġe strong nominative singular feminine ādrȳġu, ādrȳġo strong nominative singular neuter ādrȳġe strong accusative singular masculine ādrȳġne strong accusative singular feminine ādrȳġe strong accusative singular neuter ādrȳġe -
dry — to dry; make dry
- 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 drȳġe first-person singular past indicative drȳġde second-person singular present indicative drȳġest, drȳġst second-person singular past indicative drȳġdest third-person singular present indicative drȳġeþ, drȳġþ third-person singular past indicative drȳġde -
dry — not wet; dry
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine þyrre strong nominative singular feminine þyrru, þyrro strong nominative singular neuter þyrre strong accusative singular masculine þyrne strong accusative singular feminine þyrre strong accusative singular neuter þyrre
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dry” 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 “dry”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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