Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ray
6 headwords match “ray”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; reohhe ranks first.
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ray — ray (fish)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular reohhe genitive singular reohhan dative singular reohhan accusative singular reohhan nominative plural reohhan genitive plural reohhena -
ray — ray (fish)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ruhha genitive singular ruhhan dative singular ruhhan accusative singular ruhhan nominative plural ruhhan genitive plural ruhhena -
ray — shine, brightness
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċīma genitive singular sċīman dative singular sċīman accusative singular sċīman nominative plural sċīman genitive plural sċīmena -
ray — arrow
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular strǣl genitive singular strǣle, strǣles dative singular strǣle accusative singular strǣle, strǣl nominative plural strǣla, strǣle, strǣlas genitive plural strǣla -
ray — radiance, light, ray of light
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lēoma genitive singular lēoman dative singular lēoman accusative singular lēoman nominative plural lēoman genitive plural lēomena -
ray — to ray (give rays to); provide or furnish with rays
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative lēomiġe first-person singular past indicative lēomode second-person singular present indicative lēomast second-person singular past indicative lēomodest third-person singular present indicative lēomaþ third-person singular past indicative lēomode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ray” 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 “ray”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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