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Old English word for smoke

9 headwords match “smoke”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; smoca ranks first.

  1. 1

    smoca

    score 24

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    smoke — smoke

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular smoca
    genitive singular smocan
    dative singular smocan
    accusative singular smocan
    nominative plural smocan
    genitive plural smocena
  2. 2

    rec

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 6 inflected forms

    smoke — smoke

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rēc
    genitive singular rēces
    dative singular rēce
    accusative singular rēc
    nominative plural rēcas
    genitive plural rēca
  3. 3

    smiec

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 6 inflected forms

    smoke — smoke

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular smīeċ
    genitive singular smīeċes
    dative singular smīeċe
    accusative singular smīeċ
    nominative plural smīeċas
    genitive plural smīeċa
  4. 4

    þrosm

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    smoke — vapor, smoke

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular þrosm
    genitive singular þrosmes
    dative singular þrosme
    accusative singular þrosm
    nominative plural þrosmas
    genitive plural þrosma
  5. 5

    reocan

    score 8

    verb · strong class II · 15 inflected forms

    smoke — to smoke

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative rēoce
    first-person singular past indicative rēac
    second-person singular present indicative rīecst
    second-person singular past indicative ruce
    third-person singular present indicative rīecþ
    third-person singular past indicative rēac
  6. 6

    smeocan

    score 6

    verb · strong class II · 15 inflected forms

    smoke — to emit smoke, fume, smoulder

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative smēoce
    first-person singular past indicative smēac
    second-person singular present indicative smīecst
    second-person singular past indicative smuce
    third-person singular present indicative smīecþ
    third-person singular past indicative smēac
  7. 7

    smocian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    smoke — to smoke (emit smoke)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative smociġe
    first-person singular past indicative smocode
    second-person singular present indicative smocast
    second-person singular past indicative smocodest
    third-person singular present indicative smocaþ
    third-person singular past indicative smocode
  8. 8

    geondrecan

    score 6

    verb · weak class 1 · 16 inflected forms

    smoke — to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġeondrēċe
    first-person singular past indicative ġeondrēhte
    second-person singular present indicative ġeondrēċest, ġeondrēcst
    second-person singular past indicative ġeondrēhtest
    third-person singular present indicative ġeondrēċeþ, ġeondrēcþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġeondrēhte
  9. 9

    drincan

    score 5

    verb · strong class III · 14 inflected forms

    smoke — to drink

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative drince
    first-person singular past indicative dranc
    second-person singular present indicative drincst
    second-person singular past indicative drunce
    third-person singular present indicative drincþ
    third-person singular past indicative dranc

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “smoke” 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 “smoke”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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