Worþy

, Worthi , adj. merited, just, XVI 324; worthy, deserving (constr. to and inf in. ), 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.