Modern English → Old English
Old English word for mournful
9 headwords match “mournful”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; murn ranks first.
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mournful — mournful, sorrowful, troubled
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine murn strong nominative singular feminine murn strong nominative singular neuter murn strong accusative singular masculine murne strong accusative singular feminine murne strong accusative singular neuter murn -
mournful — sad, sorrowful, mournful
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġeōmor strong nominative singular feminine ġeōmoru, ġeōmru, ġeōmoro, ġeōmro strong nominative singular neuter ġeōmor strong accusative singular masculine ġeōmorne strong accusative singular feminine ġeōmore, ġeōmre strong accusative singular neuter ġeōmor -
mournful — sad, mournful, tearful
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine rēotiġ strong nominative singular feminine rēotiġu, rēotġu, rēotiġo, rēotġo strong nominative singular neuter rēotiġ strong accusative singular masculine rēotiġne strong accusative singular feminine rēotiġe, rēotġe strong accusative singular neuter rēotiġ -
mournful — sad, mournful, melancholy
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sāriġlīċ strong nominative singular feminine sāriġlīċ, sāriġlīċu, sāriġlīċo strong nominative singular neuter sāriġlīċ strong accusative singular masculine sāriġlīcne strong accusative singular feminine sāriġlīċe strong accusative singular neuter sāriġlīċ -
mournful — sad, sorrowful, distressed, grieving, mournful
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sāriġ strong nominative singular feminine sāriġu, sārġu, sāriġo, sārġo strong nominative singular neuter sāriġ strong accusative singular masculine sāriġne strong accusative singular feminine sāriġe, sārġe strong accusative singular neuter sāriġ -
mournful — lamentable, sad, mournful, grievous
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sārlīċ strong nominative singular feminine sārlīċ, sārlīċu, sārlīċo strong nominative singular neuter sārlīċ strong accusative singular masculine sārlīcne strong accusative singular feminine sārlīċe strong accusative singular neuter sārlīċ -
mournful — sad in mind, mournful, sorrowful
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hyġeġeōmor strong nominative singular feminine hyġeġeōmoru, hyġeġeōmru, hyġeġeōmoro, hyġeġeōmro strong nominative singular neuter hyġeġeōmor strong accusative singular masculine hyġeġeōmorne strong accusative singular feminine hyġeġeōmore, hyġeġeōmre strong accusative singular neuter hyġeġeōmor -
mournful — careful
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hohful strong nominative singular feminine hohful strong nominative singular neuter hohful strong accusative singular masculine hohfulne strong accusative singular feminine hohfulle strong accusative singular neuter hohful -
mournful — full of care or anxiety, careful, anxious
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sorhful strong nominative singular feminine sorhful strong nominative singular neuter sorhful strong accusative singular masculine sorhfulne strong accusative singular feminine sorhfulle strong accusative singular neuter sorhful
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “mournful” 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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