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cair.

To go.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. To go.

    intransitive · obsolete

  2. To carry.

    obsolete · transitive

  3. To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“to turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.

noun

  1. Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”).

    alt-of · alternative
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