Modern English → Old English
Old English word for barren
5 headwords match “barren”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; unwæstmbære ranks first.
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barren — barren, sterile, unproductive
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unwæstmbǣre strong nominative singular feminine unwæstmbǣru, unwæstmbǣro strong nominative singular neuter unwæstmbǣre strong accusative singular masculine unwæstmbǣrne strong accusative singular feminine unwæstmbǣre strong accusative singular neuter unwæstmbǣre -
barren — empty, barren
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine īeþe strong nominative singular feminine īeþu, īeþo strong nominative singular neuter īeþe strong accusative singular masculine īeþne strong accusative singular feminine īeþe strong accusative singular neuter īeþe -
barren — dry, withered, barren
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sīere strong nominative singular feminine sīeru, sīero strong nominative singular neuter sīere strong accusative singular masculine sīerne strong accusative singular feminine sīere strong accusative singular neuter sīere -
barren — barren, sterile, not bearing
- opens the headword's definition
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barren — deprived of, void of; barren, lifeless
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine gǣsne strong nominative singular feminine gǣsnu, gǣsno strong nominative singular neuter gǣsne strong accusative singular masculine gǣsne strong accusative singular feminine gǣsne strong accusative singular neuter gǣsne
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “barren” 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 “barren”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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