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weorþness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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weorþness, e; f.
worthiness, honourable character
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  • For his geearnunge wurþnys[se] (wyrðnesse, Bd. M. 194, 34) hé wæs fram eallum monnum lufad

    ob meritorum dignitatem ab omnibus diligebatur

    ,
      Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 10.
  • Tó lífes wyrþnysse

    ad vite honestatem

    , Anglia xiii.
      368, 48.
dignity, nobility, honourable or honoured condition
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  • Werðnes

    dignitas,

      Kent. Gl. 582.
  • Æþele æfter ðysse worulde wurþnysse

    ad saeculi hujus dignitatem nobilis,

      Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 2.
  • Ðú ðe menisc gicynd bufa frumes frumcendnisse eft boetest wyrðnise

    qui humanam naturam supra prime originis reparas dignitatem,

      Rtl. 35, 13.
dignity, honourable office
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  • Hæfde se cyning efenhlétan ðære cynelícan wurþnysse (

    regiae dignitatis

    ),
      Bd. 3, 14 ; S. 539, 30.
dignity, state, imposing show
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  • Hé férde tó Róme mid micelre weorþnesse,

      Chr. 855 ; Erl. 68, 28.
honour shewn to an object
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  • On wurþnysse ðínre

    in honore tuo,

      Ps. Spl. 44, 10.
  • Ne is wítge búta worðnis (

    sine honore

    ) búta on oeðel his,
      Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 4.
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v. un-weorþness.
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  • weorþness, n.