Modern English → Old English
Old English word for rain
6 headwords match “rain”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; regn ranks first.
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rain — rain
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular reġn genitive singular reġnes dative singular reġne accusative singular reġn nominative plural reġnas genitive plural reġna -
rain — to rain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative reġniġe first-person singular past indicative reġnode second-person singular present indicative reġnast second-person singular past indicative reġnodest third-person singular present indicative reġnaþ third-person singular past indicative reġnode -
rain — rain shower
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular reġnsċūr genitive singular reġnsċūres dative singular reġnsċūre accusative singular reġnsċūr nominative plural reġnsċūras genitive plural reġnsċūra -
rain — a seasonable rain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tīdreġn genitive singular tīdreġnes dative singular tīdreġne accusative singular tīdreġn nominative plural tīdreġnas genitive plural tīdreġna -
rain — morning rain, rain in the morning
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular morgenreġn genitive singular morgenreġnes dative singular morgenreġne accusative singular morgenreġn nominative plural morgenreġnas genitive plural morgenreġna -
rain — to rain (often impersonal)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative riġne first-person singular past indicative riġnde, riġnede second-person singular present indicative riġnest second-person singular past indicative riġndest, riġnedest third-person singular present indicative riġneþ third-person singular past indicative riġnde, riġnede
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “rain” 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 “rain”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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