Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bear
5 headwords match “bear”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bera ranks first.
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bear — bear
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bera genitive singular beran dative singular beran accusative singular beran nominative plural beran genitive plural berena -
bear — to carry, bear, hold
- 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 bere first-person singular past indicative bær second-person singular present indicative birest, birst second-person singular past indicative bǣre third-person singular present indicative bireþ, birþ third-person singular past indicative bær -
bear — to bear, give birth, produce, bring forth, carry out
- 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 ġebere first-person singular past indicative ġebær second-person singular present indicative ġebirest, ġebirst second-person singular past indicative ġebǣre third-person singular present indicative ġebireþ, ġebirþ third-person singular past indicative ġebær -
bear — bear; of or relating to bears
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine biren strong nominative singular feminine birenu, bireno strong nominative singular neuter biren strong accusative singular masculine birenne strong accusative singular feminine birene strong accusative singular neuter biren -
bear — barley
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bere genitive singular beres dative singular bere accusative singular bere nominative plural beras genitive plural bera
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bear” 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 “bear”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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