Chapter VII · Chapter 7

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

plural of “add” — a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

later than; following

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

plural of “amount” — a quantity of money

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

become of; happen to

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

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From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

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From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

an account of the series of events making up a person's life

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

cover from sight

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

plural of “century” — a period of 100 years

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

a state at a particular time

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

deem to be

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

beaten or overcome; not victorious

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

plural of “dialect” — the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

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From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

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From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

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From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

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From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

(of time) having passed or slipped by

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

plural of “fleming” — British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

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From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

set up or found

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

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From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

a person of German nationality

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

(of animals) fully developed

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

a community of people smaller than a village

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

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From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

a quantity that is added

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

too numerous to be counted

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

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From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

a landowner who leases to others

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

the message that is intended or expressed or signified

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

make reference to

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

being nothing more than specified

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

the residence of a religious community

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

an old word for “no”

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

a condition requiring relief

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

in an original manner

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

a human being

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

plural of “poke” — tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

plural of “puzzle” — a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

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From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

Identical; not different.

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

express in words

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

and nothing more

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

express in speech

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

not in physical motion

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

fill by packing tightly

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

in or at that place or location

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

a special situation

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading Landlord Edmund Some three centuries or so had elapsed since _Beodric's-worth_* became St. Edmund's _Stow,_ St. Edmund's _Town_ and Monastery, before Jocelin entered himself a Novice there.

plural of “trace” — a just detectable amount

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

a word that is spoken aloud

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

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From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'

used to ask for information about something

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

belonging to which person

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

misery resulting from affliction

From this reading Nay we in modern English still say, 'Woe _worth_ the hour' (Woe _befall_ the hour), and speak of the _'Weird_ Sisters;' not to mention the innumerable other names of places still ending in _weorth_ or _worth._ And indeed, our common noun _worth,_ in the sense of _value,_ does not this mean simply, What a thing has _grown_ to, What a man has _grown_ to, How much he amounts to,--by the Threadneedle-street standard or another!

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading For, adds our erudite Friend, the Saxon [script], equivalent to the German _werden,_ means to _grow,_ to _become;_ traces of which old vocable are still found in the North-country dialects, as, 'What is _word_ of him? meaning 'What is become of him?' and the like.

an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

From this reading ------------- * Dryasdust puzzles and pokes for some biography of this Beodric; and repugns to consider him a mere East-Anglian Person of Condition, not in need of a biography,--whose [script] _weorth_ or _worth,_ that is to say, _Growth,_ Increase, or as we should now name it, _Estate,_ that same Hamlet and wood Mansion, now St. Edmund's Bury, originally was.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading 'It was,' says he, 'the year after the Flemings were defeated at Fornham St. Genevieve.'