eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for suicide

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

  1. 1

    selfcwalu

    score 15

    noun

    suicide — suicide

  2. 2

    sylfmyrþ

    score 10

    noun

    suicide — suicide? The word occurs only in two textually related glosses on the Greek-derived Latin

  3. 3

    selfbana

    score 9

    noun

    suicide — someone who commits suicide

  4. 4

    selfcwala

    score 9

    noun

    suicide — someone who commits suicide

  5. 5

    selfmyrþere

    score 9

    noun

    suicide — someone who destroys himself; a suicide

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