ГОРЕ МЫКАТЬНАМЫКАТЬСЯ ГОРЯ both obsoles, collVPsubj: humanmore often this WO (1st var. )) to experience hardship, adversity, suffering, extreme poverty
X горе мыкал - X led a wretched (hard) life
X lived in hardship.
«Кабы не барыня, дай бог ей здоровье! - прибавил Захар, крестясь, - давно бы сгиб я на морозе. Она одежонку на зиму даёт и хлеба сколько хочешь... Да из-за меня и её стали попрекать, и я ушёл... Вот теперь второй год мыкаю горе...» (Гончаров 1). "If it wasn't for the mistress—God bless her! - I'd have perished long ago in the frost. She gives me some clothes for the winter and as much bread as I want...but they began nagging at her on my account, so I just walked out of the house, sir. Aye, sir, it'll be two years soon since I began leading this wretched life..." (1a).