Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (3)
(p wearþ sing, wurdon pl; p.p. worden) 1. to happen, come to pass; to take place; 2. to become, turn into; to develop into; cuð weorþan to become known; ofslæȝen weorþan to be killed; to get killed (also weorðan, wurþan, wyrþan, wiorþan)
Etymology
[Mod E WORTH v obs “to happen, take place; to become (something)” ← Prot-Germ werþan; O Fris wertha; O Sax werthan; Dt worden; OHG werdan (Mod G werden); Icel verða ← Indo-Europ *wert- “to turn, revolve”; Sanskr vártate “to turn (round)”; Avest varət- “to turn, rotate“; Lat vertere “to turn around; to revolve”; O Slav врьтѣти (Russ вертеть “to turn (round), spin; to twist”)]
Paradigm
4.1.3. - III class
| III class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
| to tie, bind | bindan | band, bond | bundon | bunden |
| to help, assist | helpan | healp | hulpon | holpen |
| to cut; to cut down | ceorfan | cearf | curfon | corfen |
| to fight, combat | feohtan | feaht | fuhton | fohten |
| to pay; to repay | ȝieldan | ȝeald | ȝuldon | ȝolden |
| to shake; to swing | breȝdan | bræȝd | bruȝdon | broȝden, breȝden |
| to ask, inquire | friȝnan, frínan | fræȝn | fruȝnon, frúnon | fruȝnen, frúnen |
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