Obs. [OE. *worðiʓn, var. of worðiʓ, f. worþ WORTH sb.2 Survives in place-names as -wardine.] An enclosure, close; see also quot. 1701.
12[?]. Reg. Prior. B. M. Wigorn. (Camd.), 95 b. W. persona de Wittuñ pro j Wrthin: In festo viij. d.
1701. Cowel’s Interpr. (ed. Kennett), Worthinus, a Worthine of Land, a certain quantity or dimension of Ground so call’d in the Mannor of Kingsland, Com. Hereford.
