A god a man was worthy of (5)
I believe the answer is:
rated
'was worthy of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a god a man' is the wordplay.
'a god' becomes 'Ra' (Egyptian god).
'a man' becomes 'ted' (Ted is a man's name).
'ra'+'ted'='RATED'
(Other definitions for rated that I've seen before include "Stormed" , "Admired" , "Estimated the value or assigned a ranking" , "Trade (anag.)" , "Scolded - valued" .)