Modern English → Old English
Old English word for shrink
10 headwords match “shrink”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; scrincan ranks first.
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shrink — to shrink
- 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 sċrince first-person singular past indicative sċranc second-person singular present indicative sċrincst second-person singular past indicative sċrunce third-person singular present indicative sċrincþ third-person singular past indicative sċranc -
shrink — to shrink or lessen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative waniġe first-person singular past indicative wanode second-person singular present indicative wanast second-person singular past indicative wanodest third-person singular present indicative wanaþ third-person singular past indicative wanode -
shrink — to shrink or lessen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġewaniġe first-person singular past indicative ġewanode second-person singular present indicative ġewanast second-person singular past indicative ġewanodest third-person singular present indicative ġewanaþ third-person singular past indicative ġewanode -
shrink — to shrink, draw up, contract
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċrimme first-person singular past indicative sċramm second-person singular present indicative sċrimst second-person singular past indicative sċrumme third-person singular present indicative sċrimþ third-person singular past indicative sċramm -
shrink — to shrink or shrivel
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sneorce first-person singular past indicative snearc second-person singular present indicative sniercst second-person singular past indicative snurce third-person singular present indicative sniercþ third-person singular past indicative snearc -
shrink — to shrink, shrivel, or dry up
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative snierċe first-person singular past indicative sniercte second-person singular present indicative snierċest, sniercst second-person singular past indicative snierctest third-person singular present indicative snierċeþ, sniercþ third-person singular past indicative sniercte -
shrink — to shrink up
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forclinge first-person singular past indicative forclang second-person singular present indicative forclingst second-person singular past indicative forclunge third-person singular present indicative forclingþ third-person singular past indicative forclang -
shrink — to contract, shrink, dry up
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesċrince first-person singular past indicative ġesċranc second-person singular present indicative ġesċrincst second-person singular past indicative ġesċrunce third-person singular present indicative ġesċrincþ third-person singular past indicative ġesċranc -
shrink — to wither, pine, shrink up, shrink together from heat or cold
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative clinge first-person singular past indicative clang second-person singular present indicative clingst second-person singular past indicative clunge third-person singular present indicative clingþ third-person singular past indicative clang -
shrink — to cause to shrink
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesċrenċe first-person singular past indicative ġesċrencte second-person singular present indicative ġesċrenċest, ġesċrencst second-person singular past indicative ġesċrenctest third-person singular present indicative ġesċrenċeþ, ġesċrencþ third-person singular past indicative ġesċrencte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “shrink” 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 “shrink”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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