Modern English → Old English
Old English word for loving
4 headwords match “loving”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; lufung ranks first.
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loving — love, the act of loving
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lufung genitive singular lufunge dative singular lufunge accusative singular lufunge -
loving — loving, amiable, pleasant, lovable
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lufsum strong nominative singular feminine lufsumu, lufsmu, lufsumo, lufsmo strong nominative singular neuter lufsum strong accusative singular masculine lufsumne strong accusative singular feminine lufsume, lufsme strong accusative singular neuter lufsum -
loving — amiable, gracious, kind, loving
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lēofwende strong nominative singular feminine lēofwendu, lēofwendo strong nominative singular neuter lēofwende strong accusative singular masculine lēofwendne strong accusative singular feminine lēofwende strong accusative singular neuter lēofwende -
loving — eager in wickedness; loving iniquity
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wōhġeorn strong nominative singular feminine wōhġeorn strong nominative singular neuter wōhġeorn strong accusative singular masculine wōhġeorne strong accusative singular feminine wōhġeorne strong accusative singular neuter wōhġeorn
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “loving” 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 “loving”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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