† Unworthness

Obs. [OE. unweorþnes (UN-¹ 12) in sense 1, = OHG. unwerdnissa.]

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1. Contempt, scorn.

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1340. Ayenb., 9. Wreþe oþer onworþnesse þet geþ liȝtliche … uor to harmi oþren. Ibid., 19. Zuo is onworþnesse [glossed despit] þet is wel grat zenne.

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2. Worthlessness.

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1587. R. Hovenden, in Collect. (O.H.S.), I. 212. Neyther … ded [he] respecte … rather the unworthenes of the lease then the … benefitt of the Colledge.

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