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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for discern

4 headwords match “discern”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gesceadan ranks first.

  1. 1

    gesceadan

    score 6

    verb

    discern — to distinguish, discern, decide, separate

  2. 2

    acnawan

    score 5

    verb

    discern — to know, recognise

  3. 3

    totwæman

    score 3

    verb

    discern — to divide, stand between

  4. 4

    tosceadan

    score 3

    verb

    discern — to divide into two; to separate one thing from another (+ on tū)

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