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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for smarting

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

  1. 1

    smeortung

    score 18

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

    smarting — a smarting, an itching

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular smeortung
    genitive singular smeortunge
    dative singular smeortunge
    accusative singular smeortunge
    nominative plural smeortunga, smeortunge
    genitive plural smeortunga
  2. 2

    fyrsmeortende

    score 13

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    smarting — smarting like fire; feeling or producing a burning pain

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine fȳrsmeortende
    strong nominative singular feminine fȳrsmeortendu, fȳrsmeortendo
    strong nominative singular neuter fȳrsmeortende
    strong accusative singular masculine fȳrsmeortendne
    strong accusative singular feminine fȳrsmeortende
    strong accusative singular neuter fȳrsmeortende
  3. 3

    smeart

    score 9

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    smarting — painful, smarting

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine smeart
    strong nominative singular feminine smeart
    strong nominative singular neuter smeart
    strong accusative singular masculine smeartne
    strong accusative singular feminine smearte
    strong accusative singular neuter smeart

How this ranking works

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