worset

• worsett, worsit, worsat, wurset, wursit, wirset, wirsit, worstit, wurstit
• worsad (Caithness)
• wirsid (Shetland)
• worstert, wosten (archaic)

Inherited from Middle English worsted, from Old English Wrðestede, Wrdesteda, named after the town now called Worstead in Norfolk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʌrsət/, /ˈwɪrsət/

worset (uncountable)

1. worsted
   • 1847, John Halliday, The Rustic Bard, Or a Voice from the People; Being Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Galashiels, page 116:

     I'm fairly void o' talent. But, Lord be thankit, wit can live, aneath a worset bonnet.

     I'm fairly void of talent. But, thank the Lord, wit can live, beneath a worsted bonnet.

• “worset”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “worset”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[1]