Worchinge, -yng, n. working, operation, IX 56; wondur w., miraculous property, XIII a 32. [OE. wyrcung.] See Werche.
Worchip. See Worschipe.
Word(e), Woord, Wurde (I), n. word, I 108, II 139, 222, V 305, XI a 10, XVII 380, &c.; plighted word, II 468; fame, in þe word of him walkes ful wide, his fame is spread abroad, XIV b 29; worchip and wordes, obsequious words, VII 174. [OE. wórd.]
Wore, n. ? troubled pool, XV c 30 (note). [OE. wār (in doubtful gloss), turbid, muddy water (see Napier, O.E. Glosses, p. 49 (note); but cf. OE. wārig; ME. wōri, muddy).]
Wore; Workis; Workeman. See Was; Werche; Werkman.
World(e), n. world, earth, men, I 225, II 41, IX 72, &c.; Warld, II 403, XVII 70, 303; warld so wide, XVII 541; Werld, XIV b 16; in world, of the w., on earth, XV c 25, IX 183; werldes, worldes, (gen.) of the world, worldly, in worldes reches, IV b 61; worldes wele, see Wele, n. [OE. w(e)orold.]
Worldly, adj. worldly, secular, temporal, XI b 2, 55, 96, 140, &c. [OE. worold-lic.]
Worm, n. snake, worm, II 252, IV b 27, XII b 195, XV b 31. [OE. wyrm.]
Worschipe, Worschyp, n. honour, VI 34, 119, IX 109, 333; Worchip, VII 174; Worshep, VIII b 79; Wurschyp, I 91. [OE. w(e)orþ-, wurþ-scipe.]
Worschip(e), v. to honour, worship, VIII a 95, XI b 168; Wurschyppeþ, imp. pl. I 84. [From prec.]