Modern English → Old English
Old English word for fierce
5 headwords match “fierce”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; reoc ranks first.
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fierce — fierce, savage, furious
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine rēoc strong nominative singular feminine rēoc strong nominative singular neuter rēoc strong accusative singular masculine rēocne strong accusative singular feminine rēoce strong accusative singular neuter rēoc -
fierce — fierce, cruel, savage
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine rēþe strong nominative singular feminine rēþu, rēþo strong nominative singular neuter rēþe strong accusative singular masculine rēþne strong accusative singular feminine rēþe strong accusative singular neuter rēþe -
fierce — fierce; savage; cruel
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine rēþiġ strong nominative singular feminine rēþiġu, rēþġu, rēþiġo, rēþġo strong nominative singular neuter rēþiġ strong accusative singular masculine rēþiġne strong accusative singular feminine rēþiġe, rēþġe strong accusative singular neuter rēþiġ -
fierce — fierce in slaughter
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wælrēow strong nominative singular feminine wælrēow strong nominative singular neuter wælrēow strong accusative singular masculine wælrēowne strong accusative singular feminine wælrēowe strong accusative singular neuter wælrēow -
fierce — fierce, savage, terrible, cruel, angry
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine grimm strong nominative singular feminine grimm strong nominative singular neuter grimm strong accusative singular masculine grimne strong accusative singular feminine grimme strong accusative singular neuter grimm
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “fierce” 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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