† aworthv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To become, turn to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become
yworthOE
worthOE
goOE
becomec1175
come?a1200
waxc1220
charea1225
aworthc1275
makea1300
fallc1300
breedc1325
grow1340
strikea1375
yern1377
entera1382
turna1400
smitec1400
raxa1500
resolvea1500
to get into ——?1510
waxen1540
get1558
prove1560
proceed1578
befall1592
drop1654
evade1677
emerge1699
to turn out1740
to gain into1756
permute1864
slip1864
c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxi. 18 He gewyrð git micelre mægte.]
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12766 Bluðeliche quað þe king to blisse hit iwurðe [c1300 Otho teorne].
2. intransitive. To vanish, perish; to escape notice.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear
formeltc893
wendOE
witea1000
aworthc1000
fleec1200
fleetc1200
withdraw1297
vanish1303
voidc1374
unkithea1400
startc1405
disappearc1425
disparishc1425
to fall awayc1443
evanish?a1475
vade1495
sinka1500
vade1530
fly1535
fadea1538
melt?1567
dispear1600
relinquish1601
foist1603
dispersea1616
to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616
dissipate1626
retire1647
evaporate1713
merge1802
illude1820
to foam off1826
dislimn1833
furl1844
to step out1844
evanesce1855
shade1880
wisp1883
to go to the winds1884
walk1898
to do a disappearing act1913
to go west1916
to do (or take) a fade1949
to phase out1970
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 13 Gyf þæt sælt awyrð.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 88 Uor þer ich feþri on awurðeð tene oþer tweolue.
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† aworthadv.
Obsolete.
to take aworth: to take (a thing) in esteem or honour, or at its worth; hence (a) to bear patiently; (b) to look upon with indifference, disregard.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)]
takec1175
dure1297
suffer1297
eata1382
to take in patiencec1385
to take awortha1387
endure1477
to go through ——1535
pocket1589
to sit down1589
hack1936
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] > accept respectfully
to take awortha1387
save?a1475
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 303 Þis word was hevy to þe kyng but ȝit he took it aworþ.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 382 Take he it aworth in pacience as a thing irremediable bi man.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. ix. 88 Somme saye that they [mermaydens] be ffysshis And other saye that they be fowles..But take it aworth.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. x. D Ye..toke a worth ye spoylinge of youre goodes.
1537 W. Tyndale Expos. Epist. John 23 All our..motions unto synne are pardoned and taken aworthe.
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