Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (2)
1. to set a value, put a price (upon); to evaluate; 2. to honour, treat with respect; 3. to worship, adore; 4. to celebrate, commemorate; 5. to bestow honour (upon), favour; to exalt, dignify (also wyrðian, wurðian, worþian, worðian)
Etymology
[Mod E WORTH v obs “to honour, respect” ← weorþ n “worth, value”; Goth waírþōn; O Fris werthia; O Sax werthon; OHG werdōn (Mod G werten)]
Paradigm
4.2.2. - 2nd class weak verbs
The second class of the weak verbs is marked by the presence of the Prot-Germ suffix *-ō-, preserved in the Anglo-Saxon in the form of short vowel -o- of the past tense suffix: macode (made); lufode (loved), etc.
| II class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to look (at); to see | lócian, lóciȝan | lócode |
| to love | lufian | lufode |
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