eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for require

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

  1. 1

    ofgangan

    score 8

    verb

    require — to require

  2. 2

    ofgan

    score 6

    verb

    require — to require, demand, seek satisfaction for, exact with violence, extort; wrest

  3. 3

    asecan

    score 6

    verb

    require — to search or seek out, seek for, require, demand

  4. 4

    abædan

    score 3

    verb

    require — to force out, extract

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