Modern English → Old English
Old English word for harm
5 headwords match “harm”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hearm ranks first.
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harm — harm
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hearm genitive singular hearmes dative singular hearme accusative singular hearm nominative plural hearmas genitive plural hearma -
harm — harm, evil
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine bealu, bealo strong nominative singular feminine bealu, bealo strong nominative singular neuter bealu, bealo strong accusative singular masculine bealone strong accusative singular feminine bealwe strong accusative singular neuter bealu, bealo -
harm — misfortune, evil, harm, trouble
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wēa genitive singular wēan dative singular wēan accusative singular wēan nominative plural wēan genitive plural wēana -
harm — injury; hurt, harm, damage
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular daru genitive singular dare dative singular dare accusative singular dare nominative plural dara, dare genitive plural dara -
harm — something bad or bad things collectively; harm, misfortune
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine yfel strong nominative singular feminine yfel strong nominative singular neuter yfel strong accusative singular masculine yfelne strong accusative singular feminine yfele strong accusative singular neuter yfel
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “harm” 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 “harm”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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