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CEARU

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CEARU, caru, cearo, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§278;
CARE, sorrow, grief; cura, dolor, mæror
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  • Cearu wæs geniwod geworden in wicum

    care was become renewed in the dwellings,

    • Beo. Th. 2611
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    • B. 1303: Exon. 22b
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    • Th. 62, 7
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    • Cri. 998: 119b
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    • Th. 459, 10
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    • Hy. 4, 114
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  • Nis ðé nán caru

    non est tibi curæ,

    • Lk. Bos. 10, 40: Ps. Th. 60, 1
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  • Ðonne biþ þearfendum cwíðende cearo

    then shall be wailing care to the miserable,

    • Exon. 26b
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    • Th. 79, 5
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    • Cri. 1286: 77a
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    • Th. 289, 29
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    • Wand. 55
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  • Gehýr me, ðonne ic to ðé bidde ceare full

    hear me, when I, full of care, pray to thee.

    • Ps. Th. 140, 1
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  • Ic sceolde ána míne ceare cwíðan

    I must bewail my care alone,

    • Exon. 76b
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    • Th. 287, 4
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    • Wand. 9 : Ps. Th. 118, 145, 147
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  • Ne cleopigaþ hí care

    they speak not their care,

    • 113, 16: 143, 18
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  • Ða ceare seófedun ymb heortan

    sorrows sighed round my heart,

    • Exon. 81b
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    • Th. 306, 20
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    • Seef. 10
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  • Cearena full

    full of sorrows,

    • Exon. 22a
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    • Th. 59, 33
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    • Cri. 962
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  • Hý in cearum cwíðaþ

    they mourn in sorrows,

    • 35b
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    • Th. 115, 23
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    • Gú. 194
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  • Ðe-læs eówer heortan gehefegode sýn on ðises lífes carum

    ne forte graventur corda vestra in curis hujus vitæ,

    • Lk. Bos. 21, 34: 8, 14
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  • Mid cearum hí cwíðdun

    sorrowfully [lit. with sorrows] they mourned,

    • Exon. 24b
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    • Th. 69, 35
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    • Cri. 1131: 21a
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    • Th. 55, 31
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    • Cri. 892
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Etymology
[
Piers P. kare:
Chauc. care:
Laym. Orm. care, kare:
O. Sax. kara, f:
M. H. Ger. kar, f:
O. H. Ger. chara, f:
Goth. kara, f.
]
Derived forms
aldor-cearu, breóst-, gúþ-, líf-, mǽl-, mód-, sorg-, úht-, woruld-
Linked entries
v.  cara care caru cearo.
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  • CEARU, n.