weorþnes

Old English

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Alternative forms

• werþnes, wurþnys, wyrþnis, wyrþnys

Etymology

By surface analysis, weorþ (“worth, deserving”) +‎ -nes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe͜orθ.nes/, [ˈwe͜orˠð.nes]

Noun

weorþnes f

1. worthiness, honorable character
2. dignity, nobility, honor

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	weorþnes	—
accusative	weorþnesse	—
genitive	weorþnesse	—
dative	weorþnesse	—

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorþ-ness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.