carl
See also: Carl
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Cognate with English churl.
Pronunciation
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Noun
carl (plural carls)
- A rude, rustic man; a churl.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
- In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves.
- (Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain.
Alternative forms
Verb
carl (third-person singular simple present carls, present participle carling, simple past and past participle carled)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York 2001, p.210:
- […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York 2001, p.210:
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
From Old Norse karl (Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal and related to Old English ċeorl.
Pronunciation
Noun
carl m
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