Modern English → Old English
Old English word for burst
5 headwords match “burst”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; berstan ranks first.
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burst — to break, shatter, burst
- 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 berste first-person singular past indicative bærst second-person singular present indicative birst second-person singular past indicative burste third-person singular present indicative birst third-person singular past indicative bærst -
burst — to burst
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āberste first-person singular past indicative ābærst second-person singular present indicative ābirst second-person singular past indicative āburste third-person singular present indicative ābirst third-person singular past indicative ābærst -
burst — to burst asunder
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative tōberste first-person singular past indicative tōbærst second-person singular present indicative tōbirst second-person singular past indicative tōburste third-person singular present indicative tōbirst third-person singular past indicative tōbærst -
burst — blowing, blast, burst of wind, breeze
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular blǣst genitive singular blǣstes dative singular blǣste accusative singular blǣst nominative plural blǣstas genitive plural blǣsta -
burst — to burst; split into pieces; break into chinks
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ċīne first-person singular past indicative cān second-person singular present indicative ċīnst second-person singular past indicative ċine third-person singular present indicative ċīnþ third-person singular past indicative cān
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “burst” 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 “burst”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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