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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for descendant

5 headwords match “descendant”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; eafora ranks first.

  1. 1

    eafora

    score 11

    noun

    descendant — son, scion, descendant

  2. 2

    byre

    score 9

    noun

    descendant — child, son, descendant; young man, youth

  3. 3

    æftergenga

    score 8

    noun

    descendant — follower

  4. 4

    Scylding

    score 6

    proper noun

    descendant — ‘descendant of Scyld’; a Dane

  5. 5

    Scefing

    score 5

    proper noun

    descendant — ‘Descendant of Sceafa’.

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