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cearig

  • adjective
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Grammar
cearig, ceareg, ceari; adj. [cearu = care, sorrow]
Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, dire; sollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus
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  • Hie bidon hwonne bearn Godes cwóme to cearigum

    they waited till the child of God should come to the sorrowful,

    • Exon. 10a
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    • Th. 10, 6
    • ;
    • Cri. 148
    • .
  • Cearegan reorde

    in a sorrowful voice,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2218
    • ;
    • An. 111
    • .
  • Wæs Meotud on beám bunden fæste cearian clomme

    the Creator was bound fast on the tree with dire bond,

    • Exon. 116b
    • ;
    • Th. 449, 6
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    • Dóm. 67
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  • Ne þurfon wyt beón cearie æt cyme Dryhtnes

    we need not be anxious at the Lord's coming,

    • Exon. 100a
    • ;
    • Th. 376, 29
    • ;
    • Seel. 162.
Derived forms
earm-cearig, ferhþ-, gnorn-, hreów-, mód-, sorg-, winter-
Linked entries
v.  carig ceareg ceari.
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  • cearig, adj.