carl (karl)

[(1) Early mod. E. and Sc. also carle, It. Carlo Sp. Pg. Carlos = OF. Karlus, F. Charles, > E. Charles (see carolus, carol in, Caro line, etc.); the same, but with diff. orig. vowel, as (2) MLG. kerle, LG. kerl, kerel, kirl (> G. kerl ) = OD. keerle, D. kerel, a man, churl, fellow, = OFries. kerl (in comp. hüs - kerl, above mentioned), Fries. tzerl, tzirl = AS. ceorl, a churl, E. churl, q. v.; appar., with formative -1, from a root * kar, * ker, and by some connected, doubtfully, with Skt. jāra, a lover.] 1. A man; a robust, strong, or hardy man; a fellow. [Now only poetical, or prov. Eng. and Scotch.] IMG:content-3152.png:[blocks in formation] Therein a cancred crabbed Carle does dwell, That has no skill of Court nor courtesie. Spenser, F. Q., III. ix. 3. [Scotch.] load, burden, weight, the una ibilated form 2. A rustic; a boor; a clown; a churl. of OF. charge, > ME. charge (which varies with cark in some instances), a load, burden; cf. cark, chark3, v., also charge and cargo. The W. carc, care, anxiety (> carcus, solicitous), = Gael. carc, care, = Bret. karg, a load, burden, are prob. from E. or F. The resemblance to care, with which cark is alliteratively a ociated, is accidental.] 1. A load; a burden; a weight; specifically, an old measure of weight for wool, equal to the thirtieth part of a sarplar.-2. A burden of care; a state of anxious solicitude; care; concern; trouble; distre . [Archaic.] Now I see that al the cark schal fallen on myn heed. Gamelyn , 1. 754. Mas singer , Roman Actor, ii. 1. And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cark And what then follows all your carke and caring And self-affliction? and care, Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique Long fellow, Nuremberg. chair.