þæt hē
syððan
wæs .
Beowulf
weorce, adj. , _painful, bitter_: nom. sg. , 1419.
weorð, st. n. , _precious object, valuable_: dat. sg. weorðe, 2497.
weorð, adj. , _dear, precious_: nom. sg. weorð Denum æðeling (_the atheling
dear to the Danes_, Bēowulf), 1815; compar. nom. sg.
þæt hē syððan wæs . . .
māðme þȳ weorðra (_more honored from the jewel_), 1903; cf. wyrðe.
weorðan, st. v. : 1) _to become_: pres. sg. III. beholen weorðeð (_is
concealed_), 414; underne weorðeð (_becomes known_), 2914; so, pl. III.
weorðað, 2067; wurðað, 282; inf. weorðan, 3179; wurðan, 808; pret. sg. I.
