eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for punish

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

  1. 1

    witnian

    score 8

    verb

    punish — to punish

  2. 2

    wrecan

    score 6

    verb

    punish — to punish (+ dative = a person) (+ accusative = a wrong)

  3. 3

    forsecan

    score 6

    verb

    punish — to punish, afflict, seek to harm, attack; onfall

  4. 4

    tucian

    score 3

    verb

    punish — to disturb, mistreat, ill-treat; offend; afflict, harass, vex

  5. 5

    stieran

    score 3

    verb

    punish — to steer, guide, rule, direct

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