eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for failure

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

  1. 1

    byrst

    score 11

    noun

    failure — loss, defect, failure

  2. 2

    swicdom

    score 8

    noun

    failure — deceit, fraud

  3. 3

    mis-

    score 3

    prefix

    failure — bad, badly, wrong, wrongly

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