Modern English → Old English
Old English word for wet
5 headwords match “wet”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wætan ranks first.
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wet — to wet, moisten
- 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 wǣte first-person singular past indicative wǣtte second-person singular present indicative wǣtest, wǣtst second-person singular past indicative wǣttest third-person singular present indicative wǣteþ, wǣtt, wǣt third-person singular past indicative wǣtte -
wet — wet
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wǣt strong nominative singular feminine wǣt strong nominative singular neuter wǣt strong accusative singular masculine wǣtne strong accusative singular feminine wǣte strong accusative singular neuter wǣt -
wet — watered, wet
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ūriġ strong nominative singular feminine ūriġu, ūrġu, ūriġo, ūrġo strong nominative singular neuter ūriġ strong accusative singular masculine ūriġne strong accusative singular feminine ūriġe, ūrġe strong accusative singular neuter ūriġ -
wet — moisture, liquid, wet
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wǣta genitive singular wǣtan dative singular wǣtan accusative singular wǣtan nominative plural wǣtan genitive plural wǣtena -
wet — not wet; dry
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine þyrre strong nominative singular feminine þyrru, þyrro strong nominative singular neuter þyrre strong accusative singular masculine þyrne strong accusative singular feminine þyrre strong accusative singular neuter þyrre
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “wet” 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 “wet”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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