Ge-weorþian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-weorþian

Add: I. to make worthy, give worth to :-- Gé beóþ on gedwolan þonne gé wénaþ ꝥ ǽnig mæg mid fræmdum welum beón geweorþod. Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod . . . hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó þám þe hine geweorðað, Bt. 14, 3. II. to make worthy of something, entitle a person to :-- Biþ hé þæs ðegnes rihtes geweorþod (þegenrihtes wyrþe, ), Ll. Lbmn. 465, 12. III. to hold in honour, esteem, venerate :-- Hé wearð wíde swíðe geweorðad, for ðám þe hé weorðode Godes naman georne, Chr. 959; P. 115, 2. Offa wæs geofum and gúðum wíde geweorðod Offa was for liberality and bravery far and wide held in honour, B. 1959. Þín dóm wunað wíde geweorðad, Cri. 407: Ap. 15. IV. to shew honour to, treat with reverence or respect :-- Se engel (the angel in the fiery furnace) hæfde on þám wundre gewurþod þe þá gewyrhto áhton, Dan. 444. IV a. in reference to subjects divine or sacred. (l) of honour shewn to a divinity, to worship, adore :-- Aldro úso in móre ðisum geworðadun (adorarunt) and gie cuæðas ꝥte in Hierusolymis . . . geuorðage (adorare) gedæfnad is . . . Gié geuorðias (adoratis) ꝥ gié nutton . . . Gaast is God and ðá ðe geuorðias (adoranf) hine . . . , Jn. L. 4, 20-24. Árísað aldormenn and giworðigað (princes also shall worship, Is. 49, 7), Rtl. 55, 39. Aldormonn án geneolécde and gewordade hine, Mt. L. 9, 18. Geworðade, 15, 25. Niðer gefeállon geworðadun hine procidentes adoraverunt eum, 2, ii : 14, 33 : Lk. L. 24, 52. God ðínne geworða ðú, Mt. L. 4, 10. Þú gewurþod eart on heofonríce, Hy. 7, 59. (2) of reverence shewn to holy persons or seasons, to celebrate, commemorate :-- Ðfi ðe úsig allra apostola earnunga under ánum gisaldest mérsunge ꝥte geworðadon l giworðia qui nos omnium apostolorum merita sub una tribuisti celebritate venerari, Rtl. 124, 32. Byð tíd geweorðad Barðoloméus, Men. 154. V. to honour in words, speak in honour of, celebrate, praise, glorify :-- Geworðade God glorificabat Deum, Lk. L. 13, 13. Gehered ofor ealle þeóda and geweorþad of cilda múðe (cf. ex ore infantium perfecisti laudem, Mt. 21, 16), Bl. H. 71, 17. Hé mid þǽre sóþfæstnesse stefne gehiered wæs and geweorþod, 165, 11. Wé þé heriað, swá ꝥú eart gewurðod á on worlda forð, Hy. 7, 123. VI. to honour by granting what is of worth, put in an honourable position or condition :-- Ús geweorðade Godes gǽstsunu and ús giefe sealde uppe mid englum éce staðelas, Cri. 659. Hé þone healsbeáh Hygde gesealde . . . hyre wæs æfter beáhþege breóst geweorðod, B. 2176. Wǽrþú gewurtfod for þæs eágum þe þé æsca tír forgeaf (cf. benedictus Abram Deo excélso. Gen. 14, 19), Gen. 2107. þurh þone tócyme wé wǽron geweorþode and gewelgade and geárode, Bl. H. 105, 24 : 171, 32. VI a. to honour with something (inst. or mid.), (l) to honour a person by the grant of something (material or non-material) of worth, enrich, endue :-- Sancta Marian þú mid heofonlicum wuldre geweorþodest, Bl. H. 89, 18. Hé his folc golde and seolfre geweorþade, Ps. Th. 104, 32. Giworðadun hine mið giwédum his induerunt eum uestimentis suis. Mk. R. 15, 20. Geweorðad donatur (virgo peplis donatur dominicis, Aid. 60, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 29. Monige siendum mid miclum giefum monegra cræfta and mægene geweorðode sunt nonnulli, qui eximia virtulum dona percipiunt, Past. 41, 12. Monige men sindon þe bióð geweorðod (geweorðode, v. l. ) mid miclum Godes gifum (magnis muneribus ditatt), 44, 15. ¶ geweorþod adorned with, decorated with, endowed with, made splendid by :-- Sum bróðor mid godcundre gyfe gemǽred and geweorþad (-wurðod, v. l. ) frater quidam diuina gratia insignis, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 2.Sit se heofonlica déma on his heáhsettle helme gewurþod. Wlfst. 137, 17. Secg . . . wǽpnum geweorðad, B. 250. Adam stóp, gáste geweorðad, Gen. 1137, Sweót . . . sigore geweorðod, Jud. 299. Æitele eorlgebyrdum, welum geweorðad, Met. 10, 28. Geweorþad fretns (cf. (?) meterlicere getincnesse gegódod (fretus), An. Ox. 126), Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 32. (2) to adorn, decorate, (α) an animal :-- Mearh . . . midlum geweorðod, El. 1193. (β) a thing :-- Oft ꝥá þeódwitan þus heora meteruers gewurðiað, Angl. viii. 332, 16 : 313, 29. Sadol . . . since gewurðad, B. 1038. Geweorðad, 1450. Ælfheres láf . . . golde geweorðod, Vald. 2, 18. Wuldres treów wǽdum geweorííod, ... gegyred mid golde, Kr. 15. Salem stód weallum geweorðod, Dan. 41. (3) to honour a place or season :-- Seó stów is mid manegum godcundum wuldrum swíþe heálíce geweorþod, Bl. H. 125, 18 : 197, 12. Þes dæg is geweorþod mid manegum godcundum geofum, 133, 2. [O. Sax. gi-werðón to honour, esteem: O. H. Ger. ge-werdón appretiare, dignari; ge-werdót praeditu s.] ge-weorþian

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