Cearc
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - cearc
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- cearc
- 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.