Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bore
4 headwords match “bore”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; borian ranks first.
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bore — to bore, pierce
- 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 boriġe first-person singular past indicative borode second-person singular present indicative borast second-person singular past indicative borodest third-person singular present indicative boraþ third-person singular past indicative borode -
bore — to bore through, perforate
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þurhboriġe first-person singular past indicative þurhborode second-person singular present indicative þurhborast second-person singular past indicative þurhborodest third-person singular present indicative þurhboraþ third-person singular past indicative þurhborode -
bore — to be annoying, to be loathsome
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary third-person singular present indicative āþrīett, āþrīet third-person singular past indicative āþrēat singular present subjunctive āþrēote singular past subjunctive āþrute infinitive āþrēotan inflected infinitive āþrēotenne -
bore — to dig or delve through
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þurhdelfe first-person singular past indicative þurhdealf second-person singular present indicative þurhdilfst second-person singular past indicative þurhdulfe third-person singular present indicative þurhdilfþ third-person singular past indicative þurhdealf
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bore” 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 “bore”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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