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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for loud

5 headwords match “loud”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hlud ranks first.

  1. 1

    hlud

    score 24

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    loud — loud

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine hlūd
    strong nominative singular feminine hlūd
    strong nominative singular neuter hlūd
    strong accusative singular masculine hlūdne
    strong accusative singular feminine hlūde
    strong accusative singular neuter hlūd
  2. 2

    hlude

    score 12

    adjective

    loud — loudly

    • appears in the definition
  3. 3

    hremig

    score 11

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    loud — loud with emotion (joy or grief); exulting, joyous

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine hrēmiġ
    strong nominative singular feminine hrēmiġu, hrēmġu, hrēmiġo, hrēmġo
    strong nominative singular neuter hrēmiġ
    strong accusative singular masculine hrēmiġne
    strong accusative singular feminine hrēmiġe, hrēmġe
    strong accusative singular neuter hrēmiġ
  4. 4

    cincung

    score 9

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    loud — a loud or cackling laughter

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċincung
    genitive singular ċincunge
    dative singular ċincunge
    accusative singular ċincunge
    nominative plural ċincunga, ċincunge
    genitive plural ċincunga
  5. 5

    stunian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    loud — to make a loud sound; crash

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative stuniġe
    first-person singular past indicative stunode
    second-person singular present indicative stunast
    second-person singular past indicative stunodest
    third-person singular present indicative stunaþ
    third-person singular past indicative stunode

How this ranking works

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

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