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weorþ-líc

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weorþ-líc, adj.
of value, valuable
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  • Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byð,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27.

  • Weorðlíc reáf gedǽlan

    dividere spolia,

      Ps. Th. 67, 12.
worthy, noble, distinguished, excellent, splendid
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  • Gif ðú ǽnigne mon cúþest ðara ðe hæfde ǽlces þinges anweald, and ǽlcne weorþscipe . . . geþenc hú weorþlíc and hú foremǽrlíc ðé wolde se mon þincan,

      Bt. 33, 1 ; Fox 120, 34.

  • Bið him weorðlíc setl

    sedes ejus sicut sol

    ,
      Ps. Th. 88, 31.

  • Weorðlíc wlite wuldres ðínes

    magnificentia

    ,
      95, 6.

  • Wæs his ríce brád, wíd and weorðlíc,

      Exon. Th. 243, 11 ; Jul. 9.

  • Treów in ðé weorðlícu wunade,

      6, 12; Cri. 83.

  • Ðín heáhsetl is heáh and mǽre, fæger and wurðlíc,

      Hy. 7, 40.

  • Wé ðé þanciaþ ðínes weorðlícan wuldordreámes,

      8, 10.

  • Hí mid weorðlícan weorode and wynsaman dreáme hine feredan,

      Chr. 1023; Erl. 163, 26.

  • Drihten hine mid weorðlíce wlite gegyrede

    Dominus praecinxit se virtute

    ,
      Ps. Th. 92, 1 : 103, 2.

  • For ðam wyrðlícan

    propter dignitosam (innocentiae palmam,

      Ald. 72), Hpt. Gl. 521, 64.

  • Weorþlícne sige

    vere laudandum victoriam,

      Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 3.

  • Ðæm folce ðe on clǽnum felda weorðlícne sige gefeohtaþ

    his, qui per fortitudinem in campo victores sunt

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      Past. 33; Swt. 227, 25.

  • Weorðlícne wæstm,

      Ps. Th. 131, 12.

  • Hí worhton wurðlíce cyrcan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 19, 143.

  • Hé wurðlíc lác geoffrode; ðæt wæs án gylden calic on fif marcon swíðe wundorlices geworces,

      Chr. 1058 ; Erl. 193, 21.

  • Cumaþ wæstm on wangas weorðlíc on hwǽtum

    convalles abundabunt frumento,

      Ps. Th. 64, 14.
  • Hí ðám wurðlícum godum náne lác ne offredon. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 297.

  • Ða weorðlícan godas,

      23, 302.

  • Ðú selest weorðlíca ginfæsta gifa,

      Met. 20, 226.

  • Weorþlíce,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 19.

  • Gebeorh Godes bringeþ tó genihte wæstme weorðlíce and wel þicce

    montem Dei, montem uberem; mons coagulatus, mons pinguis,

      Ps. Th. 67, 15.

  • Wundor ðín weorðlíc

    mirabilia tua,

      70, 16.

  • His weorðlícu weorc

    opera Dei,

      77, 9.

  • Ealra þinga weorþlícost and mǽrlícost

    omni celebritate clarissimum,

      Bt. 33, 1 ; Fox 120, 31.
worthy, meet, fit, becoming
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  • Heom bið weorðlíc, ðæt hí á habbon árwurðe wísan on eallum heora þeáwum,

      L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 33.

  • Wyrðelícum tóhigunge

    digno effectu

    ,
      Rtl. 35, 37.

  • Wyrðelícum gimérsiga oeste

    digna celebrare devotione

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      81, 31.

  • Dóð weorðlíce dǽdbóre wæstmas

    facite fructus dignos poenitentiae

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      Lk. Skt. 3, 8.
Etymology
[Ðu ert wel don man and þarto wurðlich, O. E. Homl. ii. 29, 16. Wurðliche wepnen, Laym. 28923. Hwite wurðliche men viros dealbatos, quorum vultus inspicere pre claritate non poteram, Kath. 1576. O. H. Ger. werd*-*líh celeber, munificus: Icel. virði-ligr noble, splendid.]
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v. ár-, or-, un-weorþlíc (-wirþ-, -wurþ-).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorþ-líc.” 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/35318.

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