Wors(e), adj. compar. worse, XI b 75, XIII a 59, XVI 320, &c.; Wers(e), XVI 200; neuer him nas wers, never had he been more unhappy, II 98; Wars, adv. in the wars, so much the worse that, XVII 191 (see Þe, adv.). Werst, adj. superl. worst, meanest, II 367; Worst, V 30. [OE. wyrsa, wyrsta; with er- forms cf. Werche, Scherte.] See Werre.
Worst. See Worþe, v.
Wortes, n. vegetables, VIII a 303. [OE. wyrt.]
Worþe, Wrþe, adj. worth, VI 91; worthy, in þou were wrþe, you would be worthy, you deserve, XV g 8 (cf. Worþy). [OE. weorþe, wyrþe.]
Worþe, v. to come to pass, become, be, and auxil. of passive (esp. with fut. sense); Worst, 2 sg. pres. wilt be, II 170, 174; Worth, 3 sg. will be, VIII a 48; will come to pass, VIII a 156; Worþe, Worth, Wurth, subj. pres. be, let there be, V 306, VI 2; worþe hit wele oþer wo, come weal or woe, V 66 (see Wo); wel worth þe, may it go well with thee, V 59; wele wurth þe while, good luck to the time, happy the occasion, XIV a 5, &c. (see Wel). Warth, pa. t. sg. in hym warth, accrued to him, VIII b 102; Worþed, subj. would fare, V 28; Worþen, pp. in is w. to, has turned to, is become (one of), VI 34. [OE. weorþan, wurþan.] See Yworth.
Worþy, Worthi, adj. merited, just, XVI 324; worthy, deserving (constr. to and infin.), IV b 10, IX 172, XVI 132; w. to reherse, worth repeating, XI a 4; were w. (be), deserve (to be), XVI 357, XVII 200 (were is subj.; cf. Worþe, adj.); worthy (of honour), worshipful, VI 134, IX 269, XI a 25, XII a 165, XVII 19; worthiest (of), most worshipful (in), XVII 489. Worthier, compar. adv. more honourably, VIII a 48; Worþili, adv. honourably, XIV c 67. [OE. wyrþig, merited.] See Vnworthi.
Wost, Wot(t)e. See Wite(n), v.1
Woth, Woþe. See Waþe, n.1
Wou, adv. how (is it that), why, XV g 25. [OE. hū, ? infl. by hwȳ, &c.] See Hou.
Wouen. See Weue(n).