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† ˈdearworth, derworth, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 déorwurþe, dyrwurþe, 2 derwurðe, derwurð, dierewurd, 2–3 deor-, deore-, derewurðe, 3 durewurðe, 3–5 dere-, derworþe, derworþ, -worth, 4 derwurþ, direwerþe, 4–5 darworth, 5 derwurthe, dirworthe, dyrworth, derwarde, 4–6 dereworth, 6 dearworth.
[OE. déor-, dýrwurþe, app. f. díeru, déoru dear n.1 + wyrþe worthy.]
1. Worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. x. 28 Ðæt is ᵹit deorwyrþre ðonne monnes lif. 971Blickl. Hom. 31 ᵹe on gold ᵹe on deorwyrþum hræᵹlum. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 46 He funde þæt an deorwyrðe [c 1160 Hatton derwurðe] meregrot. c1175Lamb. Hom. 19 He..alesde us..mid his derewurðe flesse and mid his blode. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 145 Hie nam ane box..and hine fulde mid derewurðe smerieles. a1300Ten Commandm. 1 in E.E.P. (1862) 15 Þi derworþ blode þat þou schaddist for mankyn. c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. iv. 41 Þat þei ne ben more derworþe to þe þen þine owen lijf. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 26 Þat þat is wiþynne þe arterye is ful derwarde & nediþ gret kepynge. c1422Hoccleve Learn to Die 448 Of satisfaccioun the leeste deede Right dereworthe were it in this neede.
2. Worthy, honourable, noble, glorious.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 79 Þet he alihte..from derewurð wuninge. a1175Cott. Hom. 231 Se hlaford into þar halle come mid his dierewurd ᵹeferede. 1340–70Alex. & Dind. 243 Whan dereworþe dindimus þe enditinge hurde. a1400–50Alexander 2679 Now dose him fra Darius, a dereworth [v.r. darworth] prince. c1420Avow. Arth. xxii, Bidus me Sir Gauan, Is derwurthe on dese!
3. Of persons: Dearly esteemed, dear, beloved.
a1225Ancr. R. 2 Louerd! seið Godes Spuse to hire deorewurðe Spus. 1382Wyclif 2 Cor. vii. 1 Moost dereworthe britheren. c1400Sowdone Bab 1512 My fader so dereworth and der. c1422Hoccleve Learn to Die 498 Of alle freendes thow, the derwortheste. 1557Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 117 A dearworth dame. |