Modern English → Old English
Old English word for curse
5 headwords match “curse”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; cors ranks first.
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curse — curse
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cors genitive singular corses dative singular corse accusative singular cors nominative plural corsas genitive plural corsa -
curse — curse
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wierġþu genitive singular wierġþe dative singular wierġþe accusative singular wierġþe nominative plural wierġþa, wierġþe genitive plural wierġþa -
curse — curse
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wierġnes genitive singular wierġnesse dative singular wierġnesse accusative singular wierġnesse nominative plural wierġnessa, wierġnesse genitive plural wierġnessa -
curse — mortal evil, deadly curse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feorhbealu genitive singular feorhbealwes dative singular feorhbealwe accusative singular feorhbealu nominative plural feorhbealu genitive plural feorhbealwa -
curse — to curse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cursiġe first-person singular past indicative cursode second-person singular present indicative cursast second-person singular past indicative cursodest third-person singular present indicative cursaþ third-person singular past indicative cursode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “curse” 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 “curse”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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