Modern English → Old English
Old English word for heart
10 headwords match “heart”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; heorte ranks first.
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heart — heart (muscle)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heorte genitive singular heortan dative singular heortan accusative singular heortan nominative plural heortan genitive plural heortena -
heart — heart, mind, character
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōdsefa genitive singular mōdsefan dative singular mōdsefan accusative singular mōdsefan nominative plural mōdsefan genitive plural mōdsefena -
heart — spirit, heart, mind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sefa genitive singular sefan dative singular sefan accusative singular sefan nominative plural sefan genitive plural sefena -
heart — breast, heart, mind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hreþerloca genitive singular hreþerlocan dative singular hreþerlocan accusative singular hreþerlocan nominative plural hreþerlocan genitive plural hreþerlocena -
heart — 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 -
heart — strength of heart or mind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hyġeþrym genitive singular hyġeþrymmes dative singular hyġeþrymme accusative singular hyġeþrym nominative plural hyġeþrymmas genitive plural hyġeþrymma -
heart — breast's hoard, thought, mind, heart
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brēosthord genitive singular brēosthordes dative singular brēosthorde accusative singular brēosthord nominative plural brēosthord, brēosthordas genitive plural brēosthorda -
heart — mind
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōd genitive singular mōdes dative singular mōde accusative singular mōd nominative plural mōd genitive plural mōda -
heart — hollow, depression
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular colc genitive singular colces dative singular colce accusative singular colc nominative plural colcas genitive plural colca -
heart — life
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ferhþ genitive singular ferhþes dative singular ferhþe accusative singular ferhþ nominative plural ferhþas, ferhþ genitive plural ferhþa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “heart” 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 “heart”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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