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Old English word for feeling

5 headwords match “feeling”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gefelnes ranks first.

  1. 1

    gefelnes

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    feeling — feeling

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġefēlnes
    genitive singular ġefēlnesse
    dative singular ġefēlnesse
    accusative singular ġefēlnesse
    nominative plural ġefēlnessa, ġefēlnesse
    genitive plural ġefēlnessa
  2. 2

    gefrednes

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    feeling — feeling

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġefrēdnes
    genitive singular ġefrēdnesse
    dative singular ġefrēdnesse
    accusative singular ġefrēdnesse
    nominative plural ġefrēdnessa, ġefrēdnesse
    genitive plural ġefrēdnessa
  3. 3

    abryrdnes

    score 11

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    feeling — keen feeling, ardour

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ābryrdnes
    genitive singular ābryrdnesse
    dative singular ābryrdnesse
    accusative singular ābryrdnesse
    nominative plural ābryrdnessa, ābryrdnesse
    genitive plural ābryrdnessa
  4. 4

    myne

    score 8

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    feeling — mind; memory, remembrance

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular myne
    genitive singular mynes
    dative singular myne
    accusative singular myne
    nominative plural mynas
    genitive plural myna
  5. 5

    fyrsmeortende

    score 7

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    feeling — smarting like fire; feeling or producing a burning pain

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine fȳrsmeortende
    strong nominative singular feminine fȳrsmeortendu, fȳrsmeortendo
    strong nominative singular neuter fȳrsmeortende
    strong accusative singular masculine fȳrsmeortendne
    strong accusative singular feminine fȳrsmeortende
    strong accusative singular neuter fȳrsmeortende

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “feeling” 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.

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