Modern English → Old English
Old English word for stiff
3 headwords match “stiff”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; stif ranks first.
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stiff — Stiff, firm, hard
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stīf strong nominative singular feminine stīf strong nominative singular neuter stīf strong accusative singular masculine stīfne strong accusative singular feminine stīfe strong accusative singular neuter stīf -
stiff — stiff
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stīþ strong nominative singular feminine stīþ strong nominative singular neuter stīþ strong accusative singular masculine stīþne strong accusative singular feminine stīþe strong accusative singular neuter stīþ -
stiff — severe, stern, harsh
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stearc strong nominative singular feminine stearc strong nominative singular neuter stearc strong accusative singular masculine stearcne strong accusative singular feminine stearce strong accusative singular neuter stearc
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “stiff” 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 “stiff”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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