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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for tine

3 headwords match “tine”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; tind ranks first.

  1. 1

    tind

    score 18

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

    tine — a point or prong on a weapon or implement; a tine

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tind
    genitive singular tindes
    dative singular tinde
    accusative singular tind
    nominative plural tindas
    genitive plural tinda
  2. 2

    tendan

    score 9

    verb · weak class 1 · 15 inflected forms

    tine — to kindle

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative tende
    first-person singular past indicative tende
    second-person singular present indicative tendest, tenst, tentst
    second-person singular past indicative tendest
    third-person singular present indicative tendeþ, tent
    third-person singular past indicative tende
  3. 3

    tynan

    score 7

    verb · weak class 1 · 17 inflected forms

    tine — to enclose, fence in

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative tȳne
    first-person singular past indicative tȳnde
    second-person singular present indicative tȳnest, tȳnst
    second-person singular past indicative tȳndest
    third-person singular present indicative tȳneþ, tȳnþ
    third-person singular past indicative tȳnde

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “tine” 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.

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