Middle English Dictionary Entry
carlish adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | carlish adj. |
| Etymology | From carl . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of man; ~ thinges, human things; (b) agricultural, rural.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)273 : Ne þole me neauer mi luue nohwer to sette o karlische þinges, ne eorðli þing, ne fleschli.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)77 : Chorlysche or carlysche: Rusticanus, rusticacio.