Modern English → Old English
Old English word for difficult
5 headwords match “difficult”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; unieþe ranks first.
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difficult — difficult, hard
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unīeþe strong nominative singular feminine unīeþu, unīeþo strong nominative singular neuter unīeþe strong accusative singular masculine unīeþne strong accusative singular feminine unīeþe strong accusative singular neuter unīeþe -
difficult — hard, difficult
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine earfoþe strong nominative singular feminine earfoþu, earfoþo strong nominative singular neuter earfoþe strong accusative singular masculine earfoþne strong accusative singular feminine earfoþe strong accusative singular neuter earfoþe -
difficult — hard to do, difficult
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine earfoþdǣde strong nominative singular feminine earfoþdǣdu, earfoþdǣdo strong nominative singular neuter earfoþdǣde strong accusative singular masculine earfoþdǣdne strong accusative singular feminine earfoþdǣde strong accusative singular neuter earfoþdǣde -
difficult — lofty
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sticol strong nominative singular feminine sticol strong nominative singular neuter sticol strong accusative singular masculine sticolne strong accusative singular feminine sticole strong accusative singular neuter sticol -
difficult — irksome
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine earfoþlīċ strong nominative singular feminine earfoþlīċ, earfoþlīċu, earfoþlīċo strong nominative singular neuter earfoþlīċ strong accusative singular masculine earfoþlīcne strong accusative singular feminine earfoþlīċe strong accusative singular neuter earfoþlīċ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “difficult” 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 “difficult”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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