Modern English → Old English
Old English word for water
5 headwords match “water”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wæter ranks first.
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water — water
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wæter genitive singular wætres dative singular wætre accusative singular wæter nominative plural wætru genitive plural wætra -
water — water stream; river
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēastrēam genitive singular ēastrēames dative singular ēastrēame accusative singular ēastrēam nominative plural ēastrēamas genitive plural ēastrēama -
water — to water, supply water to, give drink to
- 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 wæteriġe first-person singular past indicative wæterode second-person singular present indicative wæterast second-person singular past indicative wæterodest third-person singular present indicative wæteraþ third-person singular past indicative wæterode -
water — water bearer
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wæterberere genitive singular wæterbereres dative singular wæterberere accusative singular wæterberere nominative plural wæterbereras genitive plural wæterberera -
water — water demon, water monster
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nicor genitive singular nicores dative singular nicore accusative singular nicor nominative plural nicoras genitive plural nicora
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “water” 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 “water”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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