weoroldcearu

== Old English == === Etymology === Compound of weorold (“world”) +‎ ċearu (“care, concern”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwe͜o.roldˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑ.ru/, [ˈwe͜o.roɫdˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑ.ru] === Noun === weoroldċearu f concern for worldly things Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “weorold-cearu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.