Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sour
6 headwords match “sour”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; sur ranks first.
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sour — sour
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sūr strong nominative singular feminine sūr strong nominative singular neuter sūr strong accusative singular masculine sūrne strong accusative singular feminine sūre strong accusative singular neuter sūr -
sour — sour whey
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sȳring genitive singular sȳringe dative singular sȳringe accusative singular sȳringe nominative plural sȳringa, sȳringe genitive plural sȳringa -
sour — bitter, acidic, sour
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine āfor strong nominative singular feminine āforu, āfru, āforo, āfro strong nominative singular neuter āfor strong accusative singular masculine āforne strong accusative singular feminine āfore, āfre strong accusative singular neuter āfor -
sour — not sour
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unsūr strong nominative singular feminine unsūr strong nominative singular neuter unsūr strong accusative singular masculine unsūrne strong accusative singular feminine unsūre strong accusative singular neuter unsūr -
sour — unleavened
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine þeorf strong nominative singular feminine þeorf strong nominative singular neuter þeorf strong accusative singular masculine þeorfne strong accusative singular feminine þeorfe strong accusative singular neuter þeorf -
sour — to sour
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sūriġe first-person singular past indicative sūrode second-person singular present indicative sūrast second-person singular past indicative sūrodest third-person singular present indicative sūraþ third-person singular past indicative sūrode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sour” 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 “sour”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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