Modern English → Old English
Old English word for snow
5 headwords match “snow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; snaw ranks first.
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snow — snow
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular snāw genitive singular snāwes dative singular snāwe accusative singular snāw nominative plural snāwas genitive plural snāwa -
snow — cold as snow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine snāwċeald strong nominative singular feminine snāwċeald strong nominative singular neuter snāwċeald strong accusative singular masculine snāwċealdne strong accusative singular feminine snāwċealde strong accusative singular neuter snāwċeald -
snow — covered with snow, snowy
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine besnīwod strong nominative singular feminine besnīwodu, besnīwdu, besnīwodo, besnīwdo strong nominative singular neuter besnīwod strong accusative singular masculine besnīwodne strong accusative singular feminine besnīwode, besnīwde strong accusative singular neuter besnīwod -
snow — to snow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative snīwe first-person singular past indicative snīwde second-person singular present indicative snīwest, snīwst second-person singular past indicative snīwdest third-person singular present indicative snīweþ, snīwþ third-person singular past indicative snīwde -
snow — wintry storm
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular winterġeweorp genitive singular winterġeweorpes dative singular winterġeweorpe accusative singular winterġeweorp nominative plural winterġeweorp genitive plural winterġeweorpa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “snow” 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 “snow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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