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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1500
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Worth(e, v. [ME wurþie(n (c1175), wurrþenn (Orm), wurðe(n (Layamon), worðed p.p. (c1250), worth (a1400-50), OE weorðian, wurðian; Worth n.] tr. To merit, deserve. — c1420 Wynt. ix Prol. 23.
Casuale thingis … As I decerne can worth [C. worthe] memore a1500 Golagros and Gawane 833.
Bot gif ye wirk as wise, you worthis that wrang
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