Modern English → Old English
Old English word for red
5 headwords match “red”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; read ranks first.
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red — red
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine rēad strong nominative singular feminine rēad strong nominative singular neuter rēad strong accusative singular masculine rēadne strong accusative singular feminine rēade strong accusative singular neuter rēad -
red — red
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine rēod strong nominative singular feminine rēod strong nominative singular neuter rēod strong accusative singular masculine rēodne strong accusative singular feminine rēode strong accusative singular neuter rēod -
red — red dye; scarlet colouring
- opens the headword's 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 -
red — to save, rescue
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hredde first-person singular past indicative hredde second-person singular present indicative hretst second-person singular past indicative hreddest third-person singular present indicative hrett, hret third-person singular past indicative hredde -
red — Red, redness, ruddy complexion.
- opens the headword's definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “red” 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 “red”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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