† charl Obs.
A variant of carl or churl.
[ME. cherl might have a phonetic variant charl, as well as churl; cf. berne and its variants, etc.]
| a 1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 139 The olde charle had ryght gret corage. Ibid. 181, I xal sle scharlys, And qwenys with therlys. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 72 Cherelle or charle [1499 Pynson churle or carle], rusticus. Ibid. 77 Choffe or chuffe, charle or chutt, rusticus. |