Modern English → Old English
Old English word for write
5 headwords match “write”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; writan ranks first.
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write — to write
- 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 wrīte first-person singular past indicative wrāt second-person singular present indicative wrītst second-person singular past indicative write third-person singular present indicative wrītt, wrīt third-person singular past indicative wrāt -
write — to edit, compose or write
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādihte first-person singular past indicative ādihte second-person singular present indicative ādihtest, ādihst, ādihtst second-person singular past indicative ādihtest third-person singular present indicative ādihteþ, ādiht third-person singular past indicative ādihte -
write — to write, write out, write down, compose
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āwrīte first-person singular past indicative āwrāt second-person singular present indicative āwrītst second-person singular past indicative āwrite third-person singular present indicative āwrītt, āwrīt third-person singular past indicative āwrāt -
write — to twist, write, roll about
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þrǣste first-person singular past indicative þrǣste second-person singular present indicative þrǣstest, þrǣst second-person singular past indicative þrǣstest third-person singular present indicative þrǣsteþ, þrǣst third-person singular past indicative þrǣste -
write — to write, give or bestow by writing
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġewrīte first-person singular past indicative ġewrāt second-person singular present indicative ġewrītst second-person singular past indicative ġewrite third-person singular present indicative ġewrītt, ġewrīt third-person singular past indicative ġewrāt
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “write” 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 “write”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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