eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for labour

10 headwords match “labour”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; broc ranks first.

  1. 1

    broc

    score 15

    noun

    labour — labour, toil

  2. 2

    earfoþe

    score 11

    noun

    labour — work; labour

  3. 3

    æcerweorc

    score 11

    noun

    labour — fieldwork, agricultural labour

  4. 4

    gewinn

    score 8

    noun

    labour — war

  5. 5

    geswincdæg

    score 7

    noun

    labour — day of labour, work or toil; time of hardship

  6. 6

    swær

    score 6

    noun

    labour — a burden, labour, trouble, grief

  7. 7

    efnan

    score 6

    verb

    labour — to carry out; do; perform; execute; labour; achieve; show; fulfill

  8. 8

    swincan

    score 6

    verb

    labour — to work hard: toil, labour

  9. 9

    scipbroc

    score 6

    noun

    labour — affliction or labour when traveling on a ship

  10. 10

    beswincan

    score 6

    verb

    labour — to labour for or at, swink, toil, make with toil

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