Modern English → Old English
Old English word for tear
5 headwords match “tear”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; tear ranks first.
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tear — tear (drop of liquid from the tear duct)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tēar genitive singular tēares dative singular tēare accusative singular tēar nominative plural tēaras genitive plural tēara -
tear — to tear (rend)
- 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 tere first-person singular past indicative tær second-person singular present indicative tirest, tirst second-person singular past indicative tǣre third-person singular present indicative tireþ, tirþ third-person singular past indicative tær -
tear — tending to tear or rip; prone to causing tears
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine slitol strong nominative singular feminine slitol strong nominative singular neuter slitol strong accusative singular masculine slitolne strong accusative singular feminine slitole strong accusative singular neuter slitol -
tear — to tear, rend
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative slīte first-person singular past indicative slāt second-person singular present indicative slītst second-person singular past indicative slite third-person singular present indicative slīt third-person singular past indicative slāt -
tear — to tear, rend, rip
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative rēofe first-person singular past indicative rēaf second-person singular present indicative rīefst second-person singular past indicative rufe third-person singular present indicative rīefþ third-person singular past indicative rēaf
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “tear” 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 “tear”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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