eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for compel

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

  1. 1

    bædan

    score 6

    verb

    compel — to constrain, incite, compel, urge; to demand

  2. 2

    abædan

    score 3

    verb

    compel — to force out, extract

  3. 3

    fordrifan

    score 3

    verb

    compel — to drive away, drive off (something from rest), banish, eject, expel

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