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  • Caru

    cura,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 60.
care, trouble
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  • Gind ealne middangeard caru and gewin and ege

    crudelis ubique luctus, ubique pavor,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 21.

  • Hwæt bewearp þé on þás care and on þás gnornunga

    quid est quod te in moestitiam luctumque dejecit

    ?,
      Bt. 7, 2; F. 16, 26.

  • Hí fácnum wordum heora aldorþægn unreordadon on cearum (

    d. pl.

    ) cwidum (?cwíðdun,
      Cf. in cearum cwíðað, Gú. 194), Sat. 67.

  • Hé wiste ferhð guman cearum

    (grievously;

    cf. cearum cwíðende,
      Cri. 892) on clommum, Ger. 2794.
care for (v. carian,
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  • Hyrdelicere care

    sollertia pastorali, i. sollicitudine,

      An. Ox. 2986.
care, interest in (v. carian,
)
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  • Ðá andweardan myrhðe gewǽcan mid nánre care þǽre tóweardan ungesǽlðe,Hml. Th. i. 408, 21.

  • Habban máran care úre sáwle þonne ðǽre scortan gesǽlðe

    to care more about our soul than about transitory happiness,

    ii.
      460, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “caru.” 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/41406.

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