And put upon him such a deal of man, That worthied him, got praises of the king (..)
1880, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature:
After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.
1908, Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, The court of Russia in the nineteenth century:
And it is a poor daub besides," the Emperor rejoined scornfully, as he stalked out of the gallery without worthying the artist with a look.
1910, Charles William Eliot, The Harvard classics: Beowulf:
No henchman he worthied by weapons, if witness his features, his peerless presence!