Modern English → Old English
Old English word for earnest
5 headwords match “earnest”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; neodful ranks first.
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earnest — earnest, zealous
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine nēodful strong nominative singular feminine nēodful strong nominative singular neuter nēodful strong accusative singular masculine nēodfulne strong accusative singular feminine nēodfulle strong accusative singular neuter nēodful -
earnest — earnestness
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
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earnest — mighty, emphatic
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine meagol strong nominative singular feminine meagol strong nominative singular neuter meagol strong accusative singular masculine meagelne strong accusative singular feminine meagle strong accusative singular neuter meagol -
earnest — inward, internal
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine innancund strong nominative singular feminine innancund strong nominative singular neuter innancund strong accusative singular masculine innancundne strong accusative singular feminine innancunde strong accusative singular neuter innancund -
earnest — desire, longing; zeal, eagerness, diligence, earnestness, earnest endeavor
- appears in the 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 “earnest” 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 “earnest”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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