Modern English → Old English
Old English word for quench
7 headwords match “quench”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; cwencan ranks first.
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quench — to extinguish, quench
- 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 cwenċe first-person singular past indicative cwencte second-person singular present indicative cwenċest, cwencst second-person singular past indicative cwenctest third-person singular present indicative cwenċeþ, cwencþ third-person singular past indicative cwencte -
quench — to extinguish, quench
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ācwenċe first-person singular past indicative ācwencte second-person singular present indicative ācwenċest, ācwencst second-person singular past indicative ācwenctest third-person singular present indicative ācwenċeþ, ācwencþ third-person singular past indicative ācwencte -
quench — to extinguish, quench fire
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative drysnu, drysne first-person singular past indicative drysnde, drysnede second-person singular present indicative drysnes second-person singular past indicative drysndes, drysnedes third-person singular present indicative drysneþ third-person singular past indicative drysnde, drysnede -
quench — to extinguish; quench; put out
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dwǣsċe first-person singular past indicative dwǣsċte second-person singular present indicative dwǣsċest, dwǣsċst second-person singular past indicative dwǣsċtest third-person singular present indicative dwǣsċeþ, dwǣsċþ third-person singular past indicative dwǣsċte -
quench — to extinguish, quench fire
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādrysnu, ādrysne first-person singular past indicative ādrysnde, ādrysnede second-person singular present indicative ādrysnes second-person singular past indicative ādrysndes, ādrysnedes third-person singular present indicative ādrysneþ third-person singular past indicative ādrysnde, ādrysnede -
quench — to staunch; quench; put out; appease
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādwǣsċe first-person singular past indicative ādwǣsċte second-person singular present indicative ādwǣsċest, ādwǣsċst second-person singular past indicative ādwǣsċtest third-person singular present indicative ādwǣsċeþ, ādwǣsċþ third-person singular past indicative ādwǣsċte -
quench — to drown
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādrince first-person singular past indicative ādranc second-person singular present indicative ādrincst second-person singular past indicative ādrunce third-person singular present indicative ādrincþ third-person singular past indicative ādranc
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “quench” 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 “quench”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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