Middle English Dictionary Entry
blāme-wǒrthī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | blāme-wǒrthī adj. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Guilty of an offense, sinful; blameworthy; reprehensible (conduct).
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.213 : He was i-founde blameworþy [L culpabilis] in his answere.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.258 : Blame þow neuere body and þow be blame-worthy.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)141/254 : Say vs..Whether he be blame-worthi or noght.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)106 : Weene not that j wole go wey that be blame wurthi.
- c1475(a1400) Boasting & P.(Rwl C.285)123 : Þat he may offer a clene praier to god, hauand na thyng blameworhthi, ne nane vnclennes, in his conscience.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)6123 : Though I have ben Ayenst yow..yet am I not blame worthy.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)495 : To blame, or blame worthy [Win: blame-wourthi]: Culpabilis, culpandus, increpandus.
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