Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dye
7 headwords match “dye”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; deag ranks first.
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dye — colour; hue, tinge
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dēag genitive singular dēage dative singular dēage accusative singular dēage nominative plural dēaga, dēage genitive plural dēaga -
dye — dye
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular telg genitive singular telges dative singular telge accusative singular telg nominative plural telgas genitive plural telga -
dye — a shellfish from which purple dye is obtained
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wurma genitive singular wurman dative singular wurman accusative singular wurman nominative plural wurman genitive plural wurmena -
dye — to die
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dīeġe first-person singular past indicative dīeġde second-person singular present indicative dīeġest, dīeġst second-person singular past indicative dīeġdest third-person singular present indicative dīeġeþ, dīeġþ third-person singular past indicative dīeġde -
dye — red dye; scarlet colouring
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wrætte genitive singular wrættan dative singular wrættan accusative singular wrættan nominative plural wrættan genitive plural wrættena -
dye — to dye
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dēagiġe first-person singular past indicative dēagode second-person singular present indicative dēagast second-person singular past indicative dēagodest third-person singular present indicative dēagaþ third-person singular past indicative dēagode -
dye — to soak; to macerate; to dye
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wēse first-person singular past indicative wēsde second-person singular present indicative wēsest, wēst second-person singular past indicative wēsdest third-person singular present indicative wēseþ, wēst third-person singular past indicative wēsde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dye” 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 “dye”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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