weoroldcearu

Old English

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Etymology

Compound of weorold (“world”) +‎ ċearu (“care, concern”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwe͜o.roldˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑ.ru/, [ˈwe͜o.roɫdˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑ.ru]

Noun

weoroldċearu f

  1. concern for worldly things
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.
      Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative weoroldċearu weoroldċeara, weoroldċeare
accusative weoroldċeare weoroldċeara, weoroldċeare
genitive weoroldċeare weoroldċeara
dative weoroldċeare weoroldċearum

References

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