"weorþian" meaning in Old English

See weorþian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwe͜or.θi.ɑn/, [ˈwe͜orˠ.ði.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *werþōną. Equivalent to weorþ + -ian. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*werþōną}} Proto-Germanic *werþōną, {{affix|ang|weorþ|-ian}} weorþ + -ian Head templates: {{ang-verb}} weorþian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|weorþian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], weorþian [infinitive], weorþienne [infinitive], weorþiġe [first-person, present, singular], weorþode [first-person, past, singular], weorþast [present, second-person, singular], weorþodest [past, second-person, singular], weorþaþ [present, singular, third-person], weorþode [past, singular, third-person], weorþiaþ [plural, present], weorþodon [past, plural], weorþiġe [present, singular], weorþode [past, singular], weorþiġen [plural, present], weorþoden [past, plural], weorþa [imperative, past, present, singular], weorþiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], weorþiende [imperative, present], weorþod [imperative, past], ġeweorþod [imperative, past]
  1. to honour
    Sense id: en-weorþian-ang-verb-DB2-wW9v Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 58 13 30 Disambiguation of Old English terms suffixed with -ian: 68 11 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 18 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 13 17
  2. to worship
    Sense id: en-weorþian-ang-verb-bBNnBujY
  3. to adorn, endow
    Sense id: en-weorþian-ang-verb-Z5bsVXyN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wurþian

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "worthien",
            "3": "wurthien"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: worthien, wurthien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: worthien, wurthien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "worthy"
          },
          "expansion": "English: worthy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: worthy"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*werþōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *werþōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "weorþ",
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *werþōną. Equivalent to weorþ + -ian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeweorþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "weorþian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weorþian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 11 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 18 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 13 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to honour"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorþian-ang-verb-DB2-wW9v",
      "links": [
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.",
          "ref": "c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:",
          "text": "Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wisan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to worship"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorþian-ang-verb-bBNnBujY",
      "links": [
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to adorn, endow"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorþian-ang-verb-Z5bsVXyN",
      "links": [
        [
          "adorn",
          "adorn"
        ],
        [
          "endow",
          "endow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwe͜or.θi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwe͜orˠ.ði.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wurþian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weorþian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "worthien",
            "3": "wurthien"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: worthien, wurthien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: worthien, wurthien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "worthy"
          },
          "expansion": "English: worthy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: worthy"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*werþōną"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *werþōną. Equivalent to weorþ + -ian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeweorþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "weorþian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weorþian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to honour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.",
          "ref": "c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:",
          "text": "Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wisan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to worship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to adorn, endow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adorn",
          "adorn"
        ],
        [
          "endow",
          "endow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwe͜or.θi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwe͜orˠ.ði.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wurþian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weorþian"
}

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