Modern English → Old English
Old English word for eager
5 headwords match “eager”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; georn ranks first.
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eager — eager
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġeorn strong nominative singular feminine ġeorn strong nominative singular neuter ġeorn strong accusative singular masculine ġeorne strong accusative singular feminine ġeorne strong accusative singular neuter ġeorn -
eager — eager
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġeornful strong nominative singular feminine ġeornful strong nominative singular neuter ġeornful strong accusative singular masculine ġeornfulne strong accusative singular feminine ġeornfulle strong accusative singular neuter ġeornful -
eager — eager for fame, for justice
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dōmġeorn strong nominative singular feminine dōmġeorn strong nominative singular neuter dōmġeorn strong accusative singular masculine dōmġeorne strong accusative singular feminine dōmġeorne strong accusative singular neuter dōmġeorn -
eager — eager for fame (usually with negative connotations, but used positively in Beowulf)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lofġeorn strong nominative singular feminine lofġeorn strong nominative singular neuter lofġeorn strong accusative singular masculine lofġeorne strong accusative singular feminine lofġeorne strong accusative singular neuter lofġeorn -
eager — eager in wickedness; loving iniquity
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wōhġeorn strong nominative singular feminine wōhġeorn strong nominative singular neuter wōhġeorn strong accusative singular masculine wōhġeorne strong accusative singular feminine wōhġeorne strong accusative singular neuter wōhġeorn
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “eager” 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?
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