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deór-wyrþe

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of persons,
of great worth, excellent, noble
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  • Dionisius se deórwurða martyr,

      Hml. S. 29, 6.
  • Dauid se deórwurða sealmwirhta,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 5.
of things,
of great value, precious, costly
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  • Deórwurde wǽfels regillum vel peplum vel

    palla,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 32.
  • Sealfbox deórwyrþes (diórwytðes, L., ðiórwyrdes, R.

    pretiosi)

    nardes,
      Mk. 14, 3.
  • Án pund deórwyrþre smerenesse,

      Bl. H. 69, 1.
  • Diórweorþum stáne,

      Kent. Gl. 250.
  • He his ꝥ deórwyrðe blód ágeát,

      Bl. H. 97, 12.
  • Glengas deórwyrþra hrægla, 99, 19. þincg dýrwyrþe res pretiosas, Coll. M. 26, 33. ꝥ is ꝥ eallra deórweorþeste feoh

    pretiosissimum divitiarum genus,

      Bt. 20; F. 72, 26.
  • v. diór-, dýr-wurþe in Dict.
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[v. N. E. D. dearworth.]
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