eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for exist

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

  1. 1

    beon

    score 8

    verb

    exist — to be; exist

  2. 2

    wesan

    score 8

    verb

    exist — to be, exist

  3. 3

    gestandan

    score 6

    verb

    exist — to remain, last, exist, stand still

  4. 4

    wunian

    score 5

    verb

    exist — to live somewhere

  5. 5

    faran

    score 1

    verb

    exist — to go (used of long distances), to travel

Scores and definitions come from the Wiktionary data build. Attribution · Wiktionary