[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., III. wearð, [6], [77], [149], [409], [555], [754], [768], [819], [824], etc.; pl. wurdon, [228]; subj. pret. wurde, [2732].—2) inf. to frôfre weorðan (to become a help), [1708]; pret. sg. wearð he Heaðolâfe tô hand-bonan, [460]; so, wearð, [906], [1262]; ne wearð Heremôd swâ (i.e. to frôfre) eaforum Ecgwelan, [1710]; pl. wurdon, [2204]; subj. pret. sg. II. wurde, [588].—3) pret. sg. þät he on fylle wearð (that he came to a fall), [1545].—4) to happen, befall: inf. unc sceal weorðan ... swâ unc Wyrd ge-teóð (it shall befall us two as Fate decrees), [2527]; þurh hwät his worulde gedâl weorðan sceolde, [3069]; pret. sg. þâ þær sôna wearð ed-hwyrft eorlum (there was soon a renewal to the earls, i.e. of the former perils), [1281].

ge-weorðan: 1) to become: pret. sg. ge-wearð, [3062]; pret. part. cearu wäs geniwod ge-worden (care was renewed), [1305]; swâ us ge-worden is, [3079].—2) to finish; complete?: inf. þät þu ... lête Sûð-Dene sylfe ge-weorðan gûðe wið Grendel (that thou wouldst let the S. D. put an end to their war with Grendel), [1997].—3) impersonally with acc., to agree, decide: pret. sg. þâ þäs monige ge-wearð þät ... (since many agreed that ...), [1599]; pret. part. hafað þäs ge-worden wine Scyldinga, rîces hyrde, and þät ræd talað þät he ... (therefore hath it so appeared(?) advisable to the friend of the S., the guardian of the realm, and he counts it a gain that ...), [2027].

[weorð-ful], adj., glorious, full of worth: nom. sg. weorð-fullost, [3100].

[weorðian], w. v., to honor, adorn: pret. sg. þær ic ... þîne leóde weorðode weorcum (there honored I thy people by my deeds), [2097]; subj. pret. (þät he) ät feoh-gyftum ... Dene weorðode (that he would honor the Danes at, by, treasure-giving), [1091].

ge-weorðian, ge-wurðian, to deck, ornament: pret. part. hire syððan wäs äfter beáh-þege breóst ge-weorðod, [2177]; wæpnum ge-weorðad, [250]; since ge-weorðad, [1451]; so, ge-wurðad, [331], [1039], [1646]; wide ge-weorðad (known, honored, afar), [1960].

[weorð-lîce], adv., worthily, nobly: superl. weorð-lîcost, [3163].

[weorð-mynd], st. f. n., dignity, honor, glory: nom. sg., [65]; acc. sg. geseah þâ eald sweord ..., wîgena weorðmynd (saw an ancient sword there, the glory of warriors), [1560]; dat. instr. pl. weorð-myndum, [8]; tô worð-myndum, [1187]; gen. pl. weorð-mynda dæl, [1753].

[weorðung], st. f., ornament: in comp. breóst-, hâm-, heorft-, hring-, wîg-weorðung.

[weorod]. See [werod].

[weorpan], st. v.: 1) to throw, cast away, w. acc.: pret. sg. wearp þâ wunden-mæl wrättum gebunden yrre oretta, þät hit on eorðan läg (the wrathful warrior threw the ornamented sword, that it lay on the earth), [1532].—2) to throw around or about, w. instr.: pret. sg. beorges weard . .. wearp wäl-fýre (threw death-fire around), [2583].—3) to throw upon: inf. he hine eft ongan wäteres (instr. gen.) weorpan (began to cast water upon him again), [2792].