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{{11}}worth (1) O.E. weorð "equal in value to," from P.Gmc. *werthaz “toward, opposite,” hence “equivalent, worth" (Cf. O.Fris. werth, O.N. verðr, Du. waard, O.H.G. werd, Ger. wert, Goth. wairþs "worth, worthy"), perhaps a derivative of PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from root *wer- "to turn, bend" (see VERSUS (Cf. versus)). O.C.S. vredu, Lith. vertas "worth" are Germanic loan-words.
{{12}}worth (2) "to come to be," now chiefly, if not solely, in the archaic expression woe worth the day, present subjunctive of O.E. weorðan "to become, be, to befall," from P.Gmc. *werthan "to become" (Cf. O.S., O.Du. werthan, O.N. verða, O.Fris. wertha, O.H.G. werdan, Ger. werden, Goth. wairþan "to become"), lit. "to turn into," from P.Gmc. *werthaz “toward, opposite,” perhaps a derivative of PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from root *wer- "to turn, bend" (see VERSUS (Cf. versus)).

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