For-weorþenes
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-weorþenes
According to the Old English Dictionary:
-ness, e;
- for-weorþenes
- f. A coming to nothing, perishing, ruin; intĕrĭtus :-- Ðis wæs swíðe gedeorfsum geár hér on lande and þurh orfcwealm and wæstma forweorþenesse this was a very grievous year in the land, both through murrain of cattle and perishing of fruits. Chr. 1103; Erl. 239, 3.