Modern English → Old English
Old English word for fire
10 headwords match “fire”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; fyr ranks first.
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fire — fire
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fȳr genitive singular fȳres dative singular fȳre accusative singular fȳr nominative plural fȳr genitive plural fȳra -
fire — fire
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular āl genitive singular āles dative singular āle accusative singular āl nominative plural āl genitive plural āla -
fire — fire; flame
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līġ genitive singular līġes dative singular līġe accusative singular līġ nominative plural līġas genitive plural līġa -
fire — fire; conflagration
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣled genitive singular ǣldes dative singular ǣlde accusative singular ǣled nominative plural ǣldas genitive plural ǣlda -
fire — fire, burning
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ontendnes genitive singular ontendnesse dative singular ontendnesse accusative singular ontendnesse nominative plural ontendnessa, ontendnesse genitive plural ontendnessa -
fire — hot as fire
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fȳrhāt strong nominative singular feminine fȳrhāt strong nominative singular neuter fȳrhāt strong accusative singular masculine fȳrhātne strong accusative singular feminine fȳrhāte strong accusative singular neuter fȳrhāt -
fire — flaming fire
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līeġfȳr genitive singular līeġfȳres dative singular līeġfȳre accusative singular līeġfȳr nominative plural līeġfȳr genitive plural līeġfȳra -
fire — burning or live coal, gleed, ember, fire, flame, spark
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular glēd genitive singular glēde dative singular glēde accusative singular glēd, glēde nominative plural glēde, glēda genitive plural glēda -
fire — sacrificial fire, funeral fire
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ādfȳr genitive singular ādfȳres dative singular ādfȳre accusative singular ādfȳr nominative plural ādfȳr genitive plural ādfȳra -
fire — burning, fire; flame, heat
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bryne genitive singular brynes dative singular bryne accusative singular bryne nominative plural brynas genitive plural bryna
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “fire” 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 “fire”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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