eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for penalty

6 headwords match “penalty”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; scrift ranks first.

  1. 1

    scrift

    score 9

    noun

    penalty — what is prescribed as punishment; penalty

  2. 2

    twiscyldig

    score 9

    adjective

    penalty — condemned to a double penalty

  3. 3

    wite

    score 8

    noun

    penalty — punishment

  4. 4

    steor

    score 8

    noun

    penalty — steering, direction, guidance

  5. 5

    blodwite

    score 8

    noun

    penalty — penalty for bloodshed, bloodwite

  6. 6

    foresteall

    score 8

    noun

    penalty — intervention

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