weorþlic

Old English

Alternative forms

• wurðliċ, wyrðeliċ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *werþalīkaz (“worthy”), equivalent to weorþ +‎ -līċ. Cognate with Old High German werdlīh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe͜orθ.lit͡ʃ/, [ˈwe͜orˠð.lit͡ʃ]

Adjective

weorþliċ (superlative weorþlīcost)

1. of worth or value, valuable
2. worthy, noble, distinguished, excellent, splendid
3. worthy, meet, fit, becoming

Declension

Declension of weorþliċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	weorþliċ	weorþliċ, weorþliċu, weorþliċo	weorþliċ
Accusative	weorþlicne	weorþliċe	weorþliċ
Genitive	weorþliċes	weorþlicre	weorþliċes
Dative	weorþliċum	weorþlicre	weorþliċum
Instrumental	weorþliċe	weorþlicre	weorþliċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	weorþliċe	weorþliċa, weorþliċe	weorþliċ, weorþliċu, weorþliċo
Accusative	weorþliċe	weorþliċa, weorþliċe	weorþliċ, weorþliċu, weorþliċo
Genitive	weorþlicra	weorþlicra	weorþlicra
Dative	weorþliċum	weorþliċum	weorþliċum
Instrumental	weorþliċum	weorþliċum	weorþliċum

Declension of weorþliċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	weorþliċa	weorþliċe	weorþliċe
Accusative	weorþliċan	weorþliċan	weorþliċe
Genitive	weorþliċan	weorþliċan	weorþliċan
Dative	weorþliċan	weorþliċan	weorþliċan
Instrumental	weorþliċan	weorþliċan	weorþliċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	weorþliċan	weorþliċan	weorþliċan
Accusative	weorþliċan	weorþliċan	weorþliċan
Genitive	weorþlicra, weorþliċena	weorþlicra, weorþliċena	weorþlicra, weorþliċena
Dative	weorþliċum	weorþliċum	weorþliċum
Instrumental	weorþliċum	weorþliċum	weorþliċum

Derived terms

• ārweorþliċ
• orweorþliċ
• unweorþliċ

Descendants

• Middle English: wurthlich, worthely
  • English: worthly

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorþlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.