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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cearc

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m. n? Care, anxiety; cura, sollicitudo :-- Iudas ne meahte oncyrran cearces [MS. rex, =crex, =cerx, = cearx, = cearces] geníðlan Judas could not avert the pressure of anxiety, El. 610.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛠᚱᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
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