CARR
, es; m.
I. a stone, rock, SCAR ; petrus =
πέτρος , petra =
πέτρα :-- Ðæt is getrahtad carr
quod interpretatur petrus, Jn. Lind. War. l, 42. Ðæt wæs geheáwen of carre oððe stáne
quod erat excisum de petra, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 46. Se ðe gesette da grúndas ofer carr oððe stán
qui posuit fundamenta supra petram, Lk. Lind. War. 6, 48: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 24.
II. Charmoulh, in Dorsetshire, at the mouth of the river Carr, = the Norman Charr, or
Charmouth; in agri Dorsætensis parte maritima, post
c literam addito
h, ad morem Norman-norum
, Gib :-- Æðelwulf cyning gefeaht æt Carrum wið xxxv sciphlæsta
king Æthelwulf fought at Charmoulh against the crews of thirty-five ships, Chr. 840; Th. 120, 3, col. 1, 2, 3; 121, 3, col. 1, 2, 3: 833; Th. 116, 4, col. l, 2, 3; 117, 4, col. 1, 2, 3. [
North Eng. carrock:.
Scot. cairn:
Wel. carn:
Corn. carn,
m: Ir. carn:
Gael, carr,
m: Manx carn, m.]