Old English · noun
weorþnes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwe͜orθ.nes/[ˈwe͜orˠð.nes]
- Syllables
- ˈwe͜orθ · nes (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- worthinesscharacterhonorable
Meaning
-
worthiness, honorable character
-
dignity, nobility, honor
An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...
Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with great honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | weorþnes |
| Accusative | weorþnesse |
| Genitive | weorþnesse |
| Dative | weorþnesse |
All forms (2)
Etymology
By surface analysis, weorþ (“worth, deserving”) + -nes
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