Wors(e)

, adj. compar. worse, XI b 75, XIII a 59, XVI 320, .; 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.