Modern English → Old English
Old English word for grief
10 headwords match “grief”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; gyrn ranks first.
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grief — grief, sorrow, sadness
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gyrn genitive singular gyrnes dative singular gyrne accusative singular gyrn nominative plural gyrnas, gyrn genitive plural gyrna -
grief — grief
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēof genitive singular hēofes dative singular hēofe accusative singular hēof nominative plural hēofas genitive plural hēofa -
grief — pain, grief, hurt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular trēġ genitive singular trēġes dative singular trēġe accusative singular trēġ nominative plural trēġ genitive plural trēġa -
grief — heartbreak, grief
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brecþ genitive singular brecþe dative singular brecþe accusative singular brecþe nominative plural brecþa, brecþe genitive plural brecþa -
grief — misery, grief, trouble, vexation, sorrow, torment
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular āglāc genitive singular āglāces dative singular āglāce accusative singular āglāc nominative plural āglāc genitive plural āglāca -
grief — pain, grief, vexation, hurt, ill
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular trega genitive singular tregan dative singular tregan accusative singular tregan nominative plural tregan genitive plural tregena -
grief — sorrow of heart, grief
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōdcaru genitive singular mōdcare, mōdċeare dative singular mōdcare, mōdċeare accusative singular mōdcare, mōdċeare nominative plural mōdcara, mōdċeare genitive plural mōdcara -
grief — a house of grief
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gnornhof genitive singular gnornhofes dative singular gnornhofe accusative singular gnornhof nominative plural gnornhofu genitive plural gnornhofa -
grief — heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction, dullness of the body or senses
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hefiġnes genitive singular hefiġnesse dative singular hefiġnesse accusative singular hefiġnesse nominative plural hefiġnessa, hefiġnesse genitive plural hefiġnessa -
grief — worry, anxiety, care
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular caru genitive singular care, ċeare dative singular care, ċeare accusative singular care, ċeare nominative plural cara, ċeare genitive plural cara
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “grief” 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 “grief”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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