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weorþ-mynd

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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honour, respect shewn to an object,
celebration of an event
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honour bestowed on an object, favour, grace
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honour, decoration, ornament
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honour, glory, fame
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honour, dignity, honourable position or
office
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dignity, nobleness
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Etymology
[Habban þene eche wurðment mid Gode, O. E. Homl. i. 107, 21. Ilæsten scal is worðmunt (me wole of him telle, 2nd MS.), Laym. 18851. Si Drihhtin wurrþminnt and loff and wullderr, Orm. 3379. ȝef þu hit ȝulde to his wurðmunt þe scheopþe, Kath. 216. Cf. He cweð þet he wolde hit wurðminten and arwurðen, Chr. 656 ; Erl. 30, 3.]
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v.  wirþu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorþ-mynd.” 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/35320.

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