Mǽl-cearu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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mǽl-cearu

f. Care or trouble belonging to a particular time :-- Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ so did Healfdene's son ever brood over the trouble of that time, Beo. Th. 380; B. 189. mæl-cearu