Obs. [OE. weorð-, wurð-, wyrþnes (north. worðnis), f. weorþ, WORTH a.] a. Honor. b. Worthiness.
1258. Proclam. Hen. III., § 2. Þæt vre rædesmen … habbeþ idon and schullen don in þe worþnesse of gode and on vre treowþe for þe freme of þe loande.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Her., a j. Beyng in worthenes aarmes for to bere by the Royall blode in ordynance.
