Mis-weorþan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mis-weorþan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

mis-weorþan
to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) :-- Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4. mis-weorþan
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