† ˈdearworthiness Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ness. OE. had déorwyrþnes.]
Preciousness, worthiness, valuableness; pl. (in OE.), valuables, treasures.
| [c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. vii. §4 Mid golde, ᵹe mid seolfre, ᵹe mid eallum deorwyrþnessum.] c 1325 Metr. Hom. 11 Than es the gret derworthines Of precheours that bers witnes. Ibid. 73 Wit lovely worde and dereworthynes. |