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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cear-ful

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1 cear-ful

adj. Careful, full of care, sad; sollicitus :-- Cleopaþ swá cearful se gǽst to ðam duste the spirit so sad shall call to the dust, Exon. 983; Th. 368, 1; Seel. 15. Cwǽdon cearfulle, Criste láðe, to Gúþláce the foes of Christ, full of care, said to Guthlac, 41a; Th. 136, 30; Gú. 549: 8a; Th. 2, 26; Cri. 25. cear-ful
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛠᚱ-ᚠᚢᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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