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† forˈworth, v. Obs.
[OE. forweorðan str. vb., f. for- prefix1 + weorðan to become (see worth v.); cf. OHG. farwerdan.
In early northern ME. occasionally conjugated weak.]
1. intr. To perish, come to nought, go wrong.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxvi. 52 Mid swurde hiᵹ for⁓wurþað. c1175Lamb. Hom. 109 Þurh his ahȝene ehte forwurð a on echnesse. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 155 Sum [sed] ful among þornes, and forwarð. c1220Bestiary 175 If ðu hauest is broken Al ðu forbreðes, forwurðes and forȝelues. a1300E.E. Psalter lxxxii. 9 [lxxxiii. 10] Þai forworthed in Endor. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 780 His werkes for⁓worthes þat he bygynnes.
2. To degenerate into, become (something inferior).
a1225Ancr. R. 370 Þeo þet schulden one lecnen hore soule..uorwurðeð fisiciens & licomes leche. Ibid. 422 Ancre ne schal nout forwurðen scolmeistre. |