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▪ I. † cair, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 cayr(e, kayre, caire, kair(e, (? karre), 5– cair.
[ME. kayre, a. ON. keyra to drive, ride, thrust, toss about.]
1. intr. A poetic word for ‘to go, proceed, make one's way’: perh. orig. to drive, convey (oneself).
c1300in Wright Lyric P. x. 37 Ant ben y-cayred from alle that y kneowe. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 901 Cayre tid of þis kythe. c1340Alex. & Dind. 48 Þe king..wiþ his peple Kairus cofli til hem. c1350Will. Palerne 5324 Þei caired ouer cuntre & come neiȝ rome. c1400Destr. Troy 836, I counsell þe in kyrt, kaire to þi londe. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 1240 Throu out the land to the Lennox thai cair.
2. trans. To bring.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1478 Þe candelstik bi a cost watz cayred þider sone. [But perhaps = caryed.]
3. a. trans. To push backwards and forwards, to stir about. b. intr. To rake, stir about. (mod.Sc.). ‘If ye dinna cair, ye'll get nae thick’ (Jam.).
▪ II. cair
Sc. form of care.
▪ III. cair, -handit
var. of car a. Sc. left. |