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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for hunger

3 headwords match “hunger”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hungor ranks first.

  1. 1

    hungor

    score 24

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    hunger — hunger

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hungor
    genitive singular hungres
    dative singular hungre
    accusative singular hungor
    nominative plural hungras
    genitive plural hungra
  2. 2

    hyngran

    score 9

    verb · weak class 1 · 14 inflected forms

    hunger — to be hungry

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative hyngre
    first-person singular past indicative hyngrede
    second-person singular present indicative hyngrest
    second-person singular past indicative hyngredest
    third-person singular present indicative hyngreþ
    third-person singular past indicative hyngrede
  3. 3

    innoþ

    score 6

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    hunger — the inner part of the body that holds the intestines and bowels

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular innoþ
    genitive singular innoþes
    dative singular innoþe
    accusative singular innoþ
    nominative plural innoþas
    genitive plural innoþa

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “hunger” 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?

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