cearu

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *kar-, perhaps from the same Indo-European root as Latin garrire ‘chatter’. Cognate with Old Saxon kara, Old High German chara ‘grief’, Old Norse kǫr ‘sickbed’, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰. Related to ċeariġ.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæɑru/

[edit] Noun

cearu f. (plural ceare)

1. suffering, sorrow, grief

   Ic sceolde ana mine ceare cwiðan: I must speak my suffering alone.

2. anxiety
3. care, caution

   Cearu wæs geniwod geworden in wicum: care had been renewed in the dwellings. (Beowulf)

[edit] Derived terms

• cearwylm

[edit] Descendants

• English: care