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carian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to sorrow, be troubled
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  • Ne ceara þú, ne ne wép,

      Bl. H. 143, 3.
to care for (ymbe), see to the welfare of,
be solicitous about
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  • Se abbod mid ealre embhýdignesse carige embe þá gyltendan gebróðru

    omni solicitudine curam gerat abbas circa delinquentes fratres,

      R. Ben. 50, 18.

  • Restan hý mid heora ealdrum þe embe hý carien

    cum senioribus, qui super eos solliciti sint, pausent,

      47, 8.
to take care, pains, thought,
with a clause
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  • Hé carað dæges and nihtes þæt his feoh gehealden sý; hé gýmð grǽdelíce his gafoles,

      Hml. Th. i. 66, 9.

  • Carian hí ǽfre hú hí swýðost magan Gode gecwéman,

      Ll. Th. ii. 322, 6.
with ymbe:
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  • Míne scép sint tóstencte ðurh eówre gýmeleáste . . . Gé cariað embe eówerne bigleofan, and ná embe þǽra sceápa,

      Hml. Th. i. 242, 2.

  • Ðá sýn emhýdige and cariende embe heora ealdorscypas

    qui sotticitudinem gerant super decanias suas,

      R. Ben. 46, 11.
to care about, be interested in; with negative, to be indifferent to
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  • Hé hwónlíce carad ymbe Godes beboda and his sáwle ðearfe,

      Hml. Th. i. 342, 1.

  • Hé náteshwón ne carað ymbe Crístes teolunge,

      412, 15.

  • Riht is ꝥ abbodas nǽfre ymbe woruldcara ne ídele prýda ne carian tó swýðe,

      Ll. Th. ii. 320, 35.
Etymology
[Goth. karón: O. Sax. karón: O. H. Ger. charón (-én).]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “carian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/41395.

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