weorþlic
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *werþalīkaz (“worthy”), equivalent to weorþ + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German werdlīh.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editweorþliċ (superlative weorþlīcost)
- of worth or value, valuable
- worthy, noble, distinguished, excellent, splendid
- worthy, meet, fit, becoming
Declension
editDeclension of weorþliċ — Strong
Declension of weorþliċ — Weak
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorþlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.