Obs. [OE. unweorðian (f. unweorþ UNWORTH a.1), = MDu. onwerden, MLG. unwerden, ON. úvirða, to slight, etc.; cf. also G. entwerthen to deprive of value.]

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  1.  trans. To treat (a person or thing) disparagingly or with disdain; to slight, despise.

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c. 950.  Lindisf. Gosp., John viii. 49. Ic diuul ne hafo… ah ic uorðiʓe faeder min & ʓie un-uorðade mec.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, in Assmann, Ags. Hom., 93. Seo cwen … ne unwurðode na þe ænne mid þan, ac ealle þine ealdormenn and eac þine þeʓnas.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 131. For we … swo … unwurðeð ure drihten, wurðeð þe deuel.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 18285. Hefiȝlike he shameþþ þe & shendeþþ & unnwurrþeþþ.

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1340.  Ayenb., 8. Huo þet onworþeþ his uader and his moder. Ibid., 84. Uirtue makeþ wynne heuene, and onworþi þe wordle.

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  2.  To dishonor (something).

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 213. He sholde … noht shenden godes shafte,… ne swo unwurðin godes handiwerc.

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