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weorþ

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §94; §343;
worth, value,
of things
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  • Underwed ðæt sý ðæs orfes óðer healf weorð

    a security that is half as much again as the value of the cattle,

      L. O. D. 1 ; Th. i. 352, 9.

  • Be ðæs ceápes weorðe (wyrðe,

    v. l.

    ),
      L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 16.

  • Be éwes weorðe (wyrðe,

    v. l.

    ), 55 ;
      Th. i. 138, 6.

  • Be his wlites weorðe . . . swá man ðæt weorð up árǽran mihte,

      L. Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 6-10.

  • Gilde ðæs pyttes hláford ðæra nýtena wurð,

      Ex. 21, 34.
of persons,
worth, worthiness
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  • Ðæt be ðære cennendra gefyrhtum ðæs bearnes weorþe ongyten wǽre,

      Blickl. Homl. 163, 27.
price of anything sold,
amount paid for purchase or redemption
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  • Hig cwǽdon : 'Hyt is blódes weorð' (

    v. l. wurð, worð, Lind. : weorð, Rush., praetium sanguinis ),

      Mt. Kmbl. 27, 6, 7, 9.

  • Noldon hig nánes wurðes onfón, ac forgeáfon him ða birgene,

      Gen. 23, 6.

  • Hí sumne dǽl heora landes wurðes æthæfdon,

      Homl. Th. i. 316, 24.

  • Hire innoþ ðú gefyldest mid ealles middangeardes weorþe (cf. Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 120 infra, and next passage),

      Blickl. Homl. 89, 19.

  • Hé áhongen wæs fore moncynnes mánforwyrhtum, ðǽr hé lífes ceápode mid ðý weorðe,

      Exon. Th. 68, 3 ; Cri. 1098.

  • Hé monige mid weorþe álýsde

    he redeemed many by purchase,

      Bd. 3, 5 ; S. 527, 15.

  • Gebycge hé ða lond æt hire mid halfe weorðe

    let him buy the lands of her at half price,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 120, 28.

  • Giboht worðe miclum,

      Rtl. 27, 1.

  • Ðú becýptest folc ðín búton weorðe,

      Ps. Spl. 43, 14: Ps. Surt. 43, 13.

  • Geseald tó myclum weorðe (wurðe, wyrðe,

    v. ll.

    ).
      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 9, 'Ic
    sille eów hundteóntig þúsenda mittan hwǽtes tó ðam wurðe ðe ic hit bebohte.' . . . Ðæt wyrð ðe hé mid ðam hwǽte genam hé ágeaf ágeán tó ðare ceastre bóte. Th. Ap. 10, 1-9.

  • Fæder gesealde bearn wið weorðe (wurðe,

    v. l.

    ),
      Wulfst. 161, 7.

  • Mon áceorfe ða tungan of, ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige,

      L. Alf. pol. 32 ; Th. i. 82, 2.
  • Syle ðú nig wið wurðe and bring ðæt wurð tó ðære stówe, and bige mid ðam ylcan feó swá hwæt swá ðé lícige. Deut. 14, 25-26: 24, 7.

  • Ðæt hé ðæt weorð ágife tó álýsnesse his sáwle

    pretium redemtionis animae suae,

      Ps. Th. 48, 7: Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 592, 14.

  • Álésan wé úre sáule ða hwíle ðe wé ðæt weorþ on úrum gewealde habban,

      Blickl. Homl. 101, 10.

  • Tó berenne ealles middaneardes wurþ (cf. Blickl. Homl. 89, 19

    supra

    ], Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 120.

  • Forgelde hé ðæt lond, and ðæt wiorth gedaele,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 234, 33.

  • Wurð,

      Ex. 21, 35: Homl. Th. i. 62, 3 : 316, 11.

  • Him man his weorð ágefe

    let the price of the chattel be returned to him,

      L. H. E. 16; Th. i. 34, 11.

  • Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorð (

    that costs more than fourpence

    ),
      L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3.

  • Þéh ðe hé hié sume wið feó gesealde, hé ðæt weorð nolde ágan ðæt him mon wið sealde,

      Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 198, 17.
  • Ðæs hwǽtes wurð ðe hé ðé, sealde. Gen. 44, 2.

  • Weorð,

      Exon. Th. 90, 23; Cri. 1478.
amount to be paid in compensation
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  • Mid weorðe forgelde man,

      L. Ethb. 32; Th. i. 12, 1.

  • Gif esne óðerne ofsleá, ealne weorðe forgelde,

      86; Th. i. 24, 11.

  • Gif esnes eáge and fót of weorðeb áslagen, ealne weorðe hine forgelde,

      87; Th. i. 24, 14.
worth, as in penny-
worth, amount of a certain value
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  • Nabbaþ hí genóh on twégera hundred penega weorðe (wurþe, v. l.) hláfes

    ducentorum denariorum panes non sufficiunt eis,

      Jn. Skt. 6, 7.

  • Sceóte man æt ǽghwilcre híde pænig oððe pæniges weorð,

      Wulfst. 181, 5: L. O. 11; Th. i. 182, 10.

  • Ðæt hyra ǽgðer hæbbe .lx. penenga wyrð . . . ðæt sý .xxx. penega wyrð,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 133, 23, 24.
Etymology
[Goth. wairþa galaubamma usbauhtai pretio empti: O. Sax. O. L. Ger. O. Frs. werð ; n. : O. H. Ger. werd ; n. pretium, aestimatio: Icel. verð; n.]
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v. mann-, or-, pening-weorþ wirþa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35303.

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