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▪ I. † aˈworth, v. Obs.
In 3 awurð.
[OE. aweorþan, awurþan, f. a- prefix 1 away + weorþan, wurþan, to become; perh. (in sense 1) for OE. ᵹeweorþan, -wurþan.]
1. intr. To become, turn to.
[c1000ælfric Gen xxi. 18 He ᵹewyrð ᵹit micelre mæᵹte.] 1205Lay. 25580 Bluðeliche quað þe king? to blisse hit awurðe.
2. intr. To vanish, perish; to escape notice.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. v. 13 Gyf þæt sælt awyrð. c1230Ancr. R. 200 Uor þer ich feðri on, awurðeð tene oðer tweolue.
▪ II. † aˈworth, adv. Obs.
[f. a prep.1 + worth; = in worth (in same sense).]
In phr. to take aworth: to take (a thing) in esteem or honour, or at its worth; hence a. to bear patiently, b. to look upon with indifference, disregard.
1387Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. VI. 303 Þis word was hevy to þe kyng but ȝit he took it aworþ. c1449Pecock Repr. iii. xvi. 382 Take he it aworth in pacience as a thing irremediable bi man. 1481Caxton Myrr. ii. ix. 88 Somme saye that they [mermaydens] be ffysshis And other saye that they be fowles..But take it aworth. 1535Coverdale Heb. x. 34 Ye..toke a worth y⊇ spoylinge of youre goodes. 1537? Tindale Exp. John 23 All our..motions unto synne are pardoned and taken aworthe. |