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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for warmth

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

  1. 1

    wiermþ

    score 24

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

    warmth — warmth

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiermþ
    genitive singular wiermþe
    dative singular wiermþe
    accusative singular wiermþe
    nominative plural wiermþa, wiermþe
    genitive plural wiermþa
  2. 2

    wearmnes

    score 11

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

    warmth — warmness, warmth

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wearmnes
    genitive singular wearmnesse
    dative singular wearmnesse
    accusative singular wearmnesse
    nominative plural wearmnessa, wearmnesse
    genitive plural wearmnessa
  3. 3

    fyrian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    warmth — to make a fire, give warmth, to cherish

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative fȳriġe
    first-person singular past indicative fȳrode
    second-person singular present indicative fȳrast
    second-person singular past indicative fȳrodest
    third-person singular present indicative fȳraþ
    third-person singular past indicative fȳrode

How this ranking works

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

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