eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for rian

2 headwords match “rian”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; myrþrian ranks first.

  1. 1

    myrþrian

    score 4

    verb

    rian — to murder (according to the Oxford English Dictionary only attested in the compounded form

  2. verb

    rian — synonym of ġeþwǣrian (“to agree, consent; to make agreeable, cause to agree”)

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