Modern English → Old English
Old English word for hard
5 headwords match “hard”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; heard ranks first.
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hard — hard, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine heard strong nominative singular feminine heard strong nominative singular neuter heard strong accusative singular masculine heardne strong accusative singular feminine hearde strong accusative singular neuter heard -
hard — to make hard
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hierde first-person singular past indicative hierde second-person singular present indicative hierdest, hierst, hiertst second-person singular past indicative hierdest third-person singular present indicative hierdeþ, hiert third-person singular past indicative hierde -
hard — hard, difficult
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine earfoþe strong nominative singular feminine earfoþu, earfoþo strong nominative singular neuter earfoþe strong accusative singular masculine earfoþne strong accusative singular feminine earfoþe strong accusative singular neuter earfoþe -
hard — to be or become hard; to harden
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative heardiġe first-person singular past indicative heardode second-person singular present indicative heardast second-person singular past indicative heardodest third-person singular present indicative heardaþ third-person singular past indicative heardode -
hard — hard work: toil, labor
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular swinc genitive singular swinces dative singular swince accusative singular swinc nominative plural swinc genitive plural swinca
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “hard” 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 “hard”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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