Modern English → Old English
Old English word for hire
5 headwords match “hire”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hyr ranks first.
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hire — hire, wages
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hȳr genitive singular hȳre dative singular hȳre accusative singular hȳre nominative plural hȳra, hȳre genitive plural hȳra -
hire — to hire, engage for wages
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hyrie first-person singular past indicative hyrede second-person singular present indicative hyrest second-person singular past indicative hyredest third-person singular present indicative hyreþ third-person singular past indicative hyrede -
hire — hireling, one who works for hire
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hȳrling genitive singular hȳrlinges dative singular hȳrlinge accusative singular hȳrling nominative plural hȳrlingas genitive plural hȳrlinga -
hire — one who works for hire; hireling
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hȳrmann genitive singular hȳrmannes dative singular hȳrmenn accusative singular hȳrmann nominative plural hȳrmenn genitive plural hȳrmanna -
hire — to hire
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āhȳre first-person singular past indicative āhȳrde second-person singular present indicative āhȳrest, āhȳrst second-person singular past indicative āhȳrdest third-person singular present indicative āhȳreþ, āhȳrþ third-person singular past indicative āhȳrde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “hire” 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 “hire”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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