Modern English → Old English
Old English word for reading
6 headwords match “reading”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; ræding ranks first.
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reading — reading
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular rǣding genitive singular rǣdinge dative singular rǣdinge accusative singular rǣdinge nominative plural rǣdinga, rǣdinge genitive plural rǣdinga -
reading — reading, book reading
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bōcrǣding genitive singular bōcrǣdinge dative singular bōcrǣdinge accusative singular bōcrǣdinge nominative plural bōcrǣdinga, bōcrǣdinge genitive plural bōcrǣdinga -
reading — lesson, reading
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine rǣde strong nominative singular feminine rǣdu, rǣdo strong nominative singular neuter rǣde strong accusative singular masculine rǣdne strong accusative singular feminine rǣde strong accusative singular neuter rǣde -
reading — the Readingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe that inhabited Reading
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative plural Rēadingas genitive plural Rēadinga dative plural Rēadingum accusative plural Rēadingas -
reading — a religious reading performed in monasteries, in particular after meals
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þurhtogennes genitive singular þurhtogennesse dative singular þurhtogennesse accusative singular þurhtogennesse nominative plural þurhtogennessa, þurhtogennesse genitive plural þurhtogennessa -
reading — a garment worn while reading the epistle
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “reading” 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 “reading”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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