† ˈdearworthy, derworthy, a. Obs.
[A ME. formation from dearworth, with assimilation of the second element to worthy.]
= dearworth.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 4731 (Cott.) Mi stiward ioseph al fedes me, For darworthi þar-til es he. c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. i. 31 Is present fortune derworþi to þe. 1414 Brampton Penit. Ps. vii, Helde noȝt thi wretthe on my frealnesse, Thi derworthi childeryn whan thou schalt blesse. c 1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 52 Þe derworþiest oile þat euere was. c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) 111. 1086 O, þou dere worthy emperowere! |