Modern English → Old English
Old English word for burden
5 headwords match “burden”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; byrþen ranks first.
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burden — burden
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular byrþen genitive singular byrþenne dative singular byrþenne accusative singular byrþenne nominative plural byrþenna, byrþenne genitive plural byrþenna -
burden — birth
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular byrd genitive singular byrde dative singular byrde accusative singular byrd, byrde nominative plural byrde, byrda genitive plural byrda -
burden — a burden, labour, trouble, grief
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine swǣr strong nominative singular feminine swǣr strong nominative singular neuter swǣr strong accusative singular masculine swǣrne strong accusative singular feminine swǣre strong accusative singular neuter swǣr -
burden — to make light or easy, lighten, alleviate, relieve of burden
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative līehte first-person singular past indicative līehte second-person singular present indicative līehtest, līehst, līehtst second-person singular past indicative līehtest third-person singular present indicative līehteþ, līeht third-person singular past indicative līehte -
burden — to make light or easy, lighten, alleviate, relieve a burden
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ālīehte first-person singular past indicative ālīehte second-person singular present indicative ālīehtest, ālīehst, ālīehtst second-person singular past indicative ālīehtest third-person singular present indicative ālīehteþ, ālīeht third-person singular past indicative ālīehte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “burden” 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 “burden”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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