Middle English Dictionary Entry
cairen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | cairen v. Also caren, kairen, karen, karren. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI keyra. Partly confused with carien, charen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To go, move, travel, depart; (b) refl. to betake oneself, go; (c) to carry (sth.), bring, convey, send; ~ at, pull at (a cart), draw; (d) fig. to proceed (with a story); of apples: develop; ~ from, separate (sb.) from, deprive of; ~ out of live, go out of life, die; ~ to, turn to (sb. for help), consult (a calendar); ~ with, go about with (sth.), have; -- also refl.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)373 : Þe kouherde kayred to his house.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1922 : Þei lade þis liif..cairende ouer cuntreis.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)5190 : Þou cairest into þi cuntre.
- c1400(a1376) *PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)[4.22] f.10a : Þanne consience on his capil cairiþ [B: kaireth] forþ faste.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.29 : Ancres and heremites..coueiten nought, in contre to kairen [vrr. cayren, carien, walken; C: caren] aboute.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1670 : Þe knyȝt craued leue to kayre on þe morn.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)36/730 : Ȝe curatis..callun hit permetacion, cuntreys about to kayre.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)627 : Kayere to ȝour cuntrez and semble ȝour knyghtes.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)986 : Þanne schulle we..karre to oure kinus nie.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)280 : Hit was þe formast..þat euer saile was on set..Or euer kairet ouer cost.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1832 : Sire Alexander..Comands, with vs to caire [Dub: care] kniȝtis a thousand.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)336 : The chyld wolde no lengur to abyde..And to the courte gan cayre.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)136 : He kayred and com to Knaresburgh.
b
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.305 : Now bigynneth glotoun for to go to schrifte, And kaires [A: carieþ; vr. wendiþ] hym to-kirke-ward, his coupe to schewe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)828 : Or I winde..And kaire me to a-noþire kyng.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3008 : Twa hundreth thousand..Cairis [Dub: Cayrez] him vp to a cliffe.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2680 : A darworth prince Kayres hym [Ashm: Aires] to alexander.
c
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2520 : Choliers þat cayreden col come þere bi-side.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)2.161 : Þanne cared þei for caplus to kairen [vr. carien] hem þider.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1259 : Now ar..charged wyth werkkes, Boþe to cayre at þe kart and þe kuy mylke, Þat sumtyme sete in her sale syres and burdes.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1478 : Þe candelstik..watz cayred þider sone.
- a1425 PPl.C (Cmb Ff 5.35)3.243 : Þei caired [Hnt: Symonye and cyuyle senten to rome].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3414 : Caires [Dub: Cayrez] þam to castells & in kinge houses..to bere þam na mare.
d
- a1350 In a fryht (Hrl 2253)35 : Þenne miht i..ben ycayred from alle þat y kneowe.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)96 : Þe costardes comeliche in cuþþes [vrr. kyth, kitthes] þei cayre [vr. kayre].
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)228/200 : He cares with a kene face vncomely to kys.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6908 : Þe kyng to þe cold erþe cayrs out of lyue.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)652 : In wyldernes scho wonnyd with payn, Cared from all comforth clene.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)3638 : Vnto hyr lord sone can scho tell of all this case, os scho can kayre.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2792 : Erls of our empire..Karyn þaim [Ashm: Aires þaim] to sir A[lexander].
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)623 : Kairus to þe kalender, and kenne yee may.