eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for modest

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

  1. 1

    scamlic

    score 15

    adjective

    modest — modest, bashful

  2. 2

    scamfæst

    score 15

    adjective

    modest — modest

  3. 3

    sceomfull

    score 15

    adjective

    modest — modest, chaste

  4. 4

    sideful

    score 9

    adjective

    modest — of good behaviour or manners, honest, modest, virtuous, sober

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