"cair" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cairs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cair (plural cairs)
  1. Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: caer (extra: Welsh fortress)
    Sense id: en-cair-en-noun-LS73uDHR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: cairs [present, singular, third-person], cairing [participle, present], caired [participle, past], caired [past]
Etymology: From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“tu 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cairen}} Middle English cairen, {{m|enm|kayren}} kayren, {{der|en|non|keyra||to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive}} Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kaurijaną||tu turn, sweep}} Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“tu turn, sweep”), {{cog|is|keyra||to run, drive, urge}} Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), {{cog|sv|köra||to drive, go, run}} Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), {{cog|da|køre||to drive}} Danish køre (“to drive”), {{cog|nb|kjøre||to drive}} Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), {{cog|nn|køyra||to drive}} Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), {{cog|ang|ċierran||to turn, change, go, come}} Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”), {{l|en|char}} char Head templates: {{en-verb}} cair (third-person singular simple present cairs, present participle cairing, simple past and past participle caired)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cair-en-verb-0brrvWV5
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To carry. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-cair-en-verb-fUlnKRCm
  3. (transitive, dialectal) To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-cair-en-verb-nJAvJlVE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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