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2401. worthfullī adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) With honor; also, on account of one’s honor, honorably, properly [2nd quot.]; (b) reverently, respectfully.

2402. worthī adj.

232 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of or having monetary value; of great monetary value, costly; also, wealthy [quot. a1456] (b) important, significant; good; also, worthwhile; over worthi, q.v.; (c) even worthi, of equal value or…

2403. worthī̆en v.

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(a) To honor (sb. or sth.), praise, treat with respect; also, honor (sb.) by doing something [1st quot.] (b) to give or show reverence to (God, an idol, etc.), worship;—also without obj. [quot.…

2404. worthing(e n.

Additional spellings: worthinge
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Dung, manure; also in fig. context; also, refuse, rubbish; worthing cart, a cart for hauling dung; worthing cuppe, ?a cup or ladle for handling dung.

2405. worthing(e ger.

Additional spellings: worthinge
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of honoring someone; the act of worshiping God; also, honor; worship, reverence; worthing dai [OE weorþung-dæg], a day of worship, specif. the Sabbath; worthing night, ?the evening of Ash…

2406. worthminten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To show respect for (sth.), honor.

2407. wǒrtrume n.

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(a) The root of a plant; (b) the root of a tooth; (c) fig. the root or source of something.

2408. wǒrt-wāle n.

Additional spellings: wortwale
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The root of an herb; (b) the root or base of a rooster’s spur; (c) a piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of a fingernail, a hangnail; ?also, a cuticle [quot. c1450].

2409. wọ̄sī adj.(2)

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(a) Full of juice, succulent; (b) exuding moisture, wet; (c) wosi veine, the pulmonary artery.

2410. wōth n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The risk of harm or injury, danger, peril; a potential injury, a danger, perilous circumstance or situation [occas. difficult to distinguish from (b) and vice versa] (b) harm, injury; an injury;…

2411. wouer n.

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(a) One who courts a woman with honorable intent, a would-be husband, a suitor; also in fig. context (b) one who courts on another’s behalf, a proxy suitor [quot. 1440, though the Latin is closer to…

2412. wough n.(2)

79 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) That which is not in accord with goodness, morality, justice, etc., wrong, perversity, injustice; also, a wrong or a wrongful act; also, a specious cause (b) with (in, mid) wough, wrongfully,…

2413. wouinge ger.

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(a) Courting, wooing; the act, or an act, of courtship; also in title of a mystical text [1st quot.]; gon o (riden on) wouinge, to court, woo (b) love-making, seduction; also in fig. context; pl.

2414. wōwe n.

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(a) Misery, wretchedness; a state or condition of wretchedness, misery, or distress (b) adversity, hardship; misfortune, bad luck; tribulation, affliction; also, an affliction, a hardship; sufferen

2415. wraggunge ger.

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= wragelinge n. (a).

2416. wrak n.(1)

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A wrecked ship, shipwreck; ship wrak; toward a wrak, on the verge of being wrecked; gon (ben igone) to wrak, of a ship: to suffer destruction on the water, be wrecked; also in fig. context.

2417. wrā̆k(e n.

Additional spellings: wrake
114 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Vengeance, revenge, retribution; also, divine vengeance or retribution; punishment; a punishment; heven wrak; taken (nimen) wrak (b) an act of punishment or revenge; also, an instrument of…

2418. wrā̆keful adj.

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(a) Vengeful, vindictive, angry; (b) wretched, miserable, full of woe; (c) wicked, sinful.

2419. wrā̆ken v.

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(a) Of a person or God: to exact vengeance, inflict punishment for wrong done; display vindictive anger [last quot.]; exact vengeance (on sb. or a god); also, inflict punishment (on sb.) (b) to…

2420. wreier(e n.

Additional spellings: wreiere
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A discloser, divulger; (b) an accuser; (c) a slanderer; also, a treacherous person [occas. difficult to distinguish from (b)].