Modern English → Old English
Old English word for desire
5 headwords match “desire”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wilnung ranks first.
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desire — desire
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wilnung genitive singular wilnunge dative singular wilnunge accusative singular wilnunge nominative plural wilnunga, wilnunge genitive plural wilnunga -
desire — desire
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewilnung genitive singular ġewilnunge dative singular ġewilnunge accusative singular ġewilnunge nominative plural ġewilnunga, ġewilnunge genitive plural ġewilnunga -
desire — desire, eagerness
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġecneordnes genitive singular ġecneordnesse dative singular ġecneordnesse accusative singular ġecneordnesse nominative plural ġecneordnessa, ġecneordnesse genitive plural ġecneordnessa -
desire — desire, pleasure, appetite, lust
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lust genitive singular lustes dative singular luste accusative singular lust nominative plural lustas genitive plural lusta -
desire — desire, longing; zeal, eagerness, diligence, earnestness, earnest endeavor
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nēod genitive singular nēode dative singular nēode accusative singular nēode nominative plural nēoda, nēode genitive plural nēoda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “desire” 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 “desire”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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