Obs. Forms: 1 weorðung, 1–2 wurðung, 1–3 wurðing; 1 worðung, 3–4 worþing (4 worþynge). [OE. weorðung, wurðung, f. weorð-, wurðian WORTH v.2] Honor; respect; worship.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., iii. 35. For ðære weorðunge ðæs folces he bið on ofermettu awended.

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c. 950.  Lindisf. Gosp., Mark vi. 4. Ne is witʓe buta worðung.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Lev. ii. 2. Lecge uppan þat weofod Drihtne to wurþunga.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 59. Þencheð nu men hwilch wurðin[g] eow haueð idon be heouenking. Ibid., 109. Godes laȝe bit ec mon wurðie efre his feder and his moder mid muchelere wurþunge.

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 33. Ðu giue me seli timinge To thaunen ðis werdes biginninge, Ðe, leuerd god, to wurðinge. Ibid., 3787. Of ðo Reklefates for wurðing, Woren mad … Corunes.

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a. 1300.  Fall & Passion, 5, in E. E. P. (1862), 13. Þat ic mote wiþ moch worþing … to ȝov schow is vp-rising.

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c. 1315.  Shoreham, III. 182. As al holy cherche þe tekþ, Þou make þyne worþynge.

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  b.  Worthing day, Sunday; worthing-night, ? Sunday night.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 9. Þat wes heore sunedei and bet heo heolden heore wurðing dei þene we doð.

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a. 1327.  Adam Davy’s Dreams, 87. Me met a sweuene, on worþing-niȝth Of þat ilche derworþe kniȝth.

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