weorþnes
Old English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
By surface analysis, weorþ (“worth, deserving”) + -nes
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwe͜orθ.nes/, [ˈwe͜orˠð.nes]
Noun
weorþnes f
- worthiness, honorable character
- dignity, nobility, honor
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- 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
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | weorþnes | — |
| accusative | weorþnesse | — |
| genitive | weorþnesse | — |
| dative | weorþnesse | — |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorþ-ness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.