un-weorþ
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add: of low estate Preóst þe bið cýpa, and of þám áríst of unwurðum men tó wurðfullum negotiator clericus ex ignobili gloriosus, Chrd. 70, 6
weorþ-lic
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wíte-weorþ
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Punishable, liable to punishment Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, v.l. poenalis) þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8
dryht-weorþ
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Se drihtwurðe (Iohannes) theologe, Hy. S. 126, 14. Ióhannes se drihtwurða wrítere, Hml. S. 15, 200
wel-weorþ
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Of high esteem, of great account Hé swá wuldorfulle and Gode swá welweorþe (wel weorþe ? v. weorþ III a) leóde geneósian wolde Lchdm. iii. 432, 31
weorþ-full
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Th. 6189; B. 3099. having honour with others, held in honour, honoured, esteemed, prized, dear Se bið on eallum þingum wurþfull (cf. weorþ mannum, 162, 1), Lchdm. iii. 158, 3.
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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Grammar un-weorþ, with dat. of person by whom one is considered worthless : -- Xersis wearþ his ágenre þeóde swíþe unweorþ Xerxes contemtibilis suis factus, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 23.
áre-weorþ
honourable ⬩ venerable ⬩ honore dignus ⬩ honorabilis ⬩ venerabilis
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honourable, venerable; honore dignus, honorabilis, venerabilis,Lye
mót-weorþ
Entitled to attend a mot
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Entitled to attend a mot Ealle ða men ða beón mótwurðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 208, 32
pening-weorþ
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A penny-worth Hafa án penigweorþ swefles, Lchdm. iii. 38, 28. Æt ǽlcon gegyldan ǽnne peningc oððe án peningcwurþ weaxes, Chart. Th. 605, 26. Twá hund peningweorþ hláfes, Homl. Th. i. 182, 9
ge-weorþ
Value ⬩ worth ⬩ price
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Value, worth, price, Th. Chart. 159, 1
þanc-weorþ
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Thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable Þurh ðære þancweorþan Cristes gyfe through the help of Christ's grace, which is deserving of all thanks, Lchdm. iii. 432, 23. Þancwurðre gratuita (Christi gratia fretus), Hpt. Gl. 420, 76. Úrum godum geoffrian
weorþ-líce
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Worthily, honourably Ðe weorðelícor dignius Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 8. nobly, excellently, splendidly, magnificently, gloriously Weorþlíce getýd on Grécisc gereorde Graecae linguae peritissimus, Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 563, 33. Hí bráde weóxan weorðlíce wíde greówan
ár-weorþ
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Ðú árwurð fæder, R. Ben. 114, 21. Se árwierþa (-wurþa, v. l. ) wer, Chr. 716; P. 42, 14. Swíð árwyrðe wer, 1052; P. 173, 17: Bl. H. 209, 15. Þæt árwyrðe weófod, 207, 15. Móder árwyrðe mater honorificata, Rtl. 45, 25: veneranda, 66, 21. Árweorðra (-wierð
fird-weorþ
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fit to serve in the fird Ealle ðá men ðá beón mótwerði, ferðwurði (ferduurði, 210, 14), C. D. iv. 208, 32. fit to bear arms, mighty in war: Fyrdwyrðeman (Beowulf), B. 1316
nyt-weorþ
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Forgife mé se wilega gifola þæt mé tó ǽgðrum onhagige, ge hér nytwyrðe tó beónne (cf. Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil. H. 2,
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ofer-weorþ
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Very worthy Oferwyrþe condignae (non sunt condignae passiones huius temporis ad futuram gloriam), Angl. xi. 171
weorþ-full
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III.</b> add Hé geliþewǽhte tó geleáfan heora wurðfullan templ, Hml. S. 31, 483
weorþ-mynd
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Se apostol mid manegum tácnum gerehte hwylcne weorþmynd hé be him haefde ut apostolus signis ostenderet quam de illo haberet aestimationem, Or. D. 228, 8. v. sundor-, synder-weorþmynd. Add
wlite-weorþ
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Ransom or compensation paid for a person, the amount being determined by the person's appearance (wlite; see the passages from the Laws under wlite; ) Cóm tó him án wydewe, seó sǽde him ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde . . . and bæd þone Godes wer