eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for restrain

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

  1. 1

    steorleas

    score 9

    adjective

    restrain — without restrain; unruly, ungovernable, fierce

  2. 2

    heaþorian

    score 8

    verb

    restrain — to restrain

  3. 3

    sælan

    score 6

    verb

    restrain — to bind (with rope), restrain

  4. 4

    werian

    score 6

    verb

    restrain — to hinder, restrain; to dam up

  5. 5

    alettan

    score 6

    verb

    restrain — to keep, restrain from, hinder

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