weorþlic
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *werþalīkaz (“worthy”), equivalent to weorþ + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German werdlīh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]weorþliċ (superlative weorþlīcost)
- of worth or value, valuable
- worthy, noble, distinguished, excellent, splendid
- worthy, meet, fit, becoming
Declension
[edit]Declension of weorþliċ — Strong
Declension of weorþliċ — Weak
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorþlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.