a. Obs. [f. THANK sb. + WORTH a.] = next.
1426[?]. Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden), 33. I quyte me soo to yow in that matere,… as were thanke worth.
1550. Coverdale, Spir. Perle, Pref. 1 b. The more daungerous be his sores and sicknes, and the more thancke worth the cure therof.
1627–47. Feltham, Resolves, 30. To trust him for an estate when we have the evidences in our iron chest, is easie; and not thankeworth.
