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un-weorþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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un-weorþian, p. ode.
to dishonour, disgrace
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  • Hú ne unweorþast ðú ðé selfne, ðæt ðú winsð wiþ ðam hláfordscipe ðe ðú self gecure?

    • Bt. 7, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 18, 29.
  • Seó cwén, ðe ðín word forseah, ne unwurðode ðé ǽnne, ac ealle ðíne ealdormenn

    non solum regem laesit regina, sed et omnes principes (Esther 1, 16),

    • Homl. Ass. 93, 53.
  • unworðadun mec

    uos inhonoratis me,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 49.
  • Ðæt hé God ne unwurðige,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 13, 86.
  • Ðæt man unweorðige ða ðe godcunde láre wyrdan,

    • Wulfst. 168, 7.
  • Unweorðian

    dehonestare,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 15: 26, 40.
  • Ða swelcan monn sceal unweorðian mid ǽlcre unweorðnesse

    sine dedignatione dedignandi sunt,

    • Past. 37
    • ;
    • Swt. 265, 18.
  • Forsewen and geunwurþod,

    • Homl. Th. i. 24, 4.
to become dishonoured
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  • Unwurðiaþ

    vilescunt,

    • Hpt. Gl. 462, 53.
  • Unwurðie

    vilescat,

    • 420, 13.
Etymology
[We unwurðeð ure Drihten, wurðeð þe deuel,
  • O. E. Homl. ii. 181, 29.
He sharneþþ þe and unnwssrrþeþþ,
  • Orm. 18285.
To onworþi,
  • Ayenb. 22; 18.
Icel. ú-virða to slight.
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v. ge-unweorþian.
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