different between carl vs harry

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of churl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??l?/

Noun

carl (plural carls)

1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
2. (Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Alternative forms

• carle

Verb

carl (third-person singular simple present carls, present participle carling, simple past and past participle carled)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
   • , New York 2001, p.210:

     […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]

Anagrams

• ACLR, CRLA

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse karl (Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal and related to Old English ?eorl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?rl/, [k?r?l]

Noun

carl m

1. a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class (in Norse and Anglo-Saxon society)
2. (by extension) a man
3. (by extension, in compounds) a male

English

Etymology

From Middle English herien, harien (compare Walloon hairyî, old French hairier, harier), from Old English her?ian, from Proto-Germanic *harj?n? (compare Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”)), from *harjaz (“army”) (compare Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos (compare Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek ???????? (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (k?ra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hæ?i/, /h??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hæ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Verb

harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive)

1. To plunder, pillage, assault.
2. To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
   • 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:

     "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,

     But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;

     Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,

     Then look for me by moonlight,

     Watch for me by moonlight,

     I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way."

3. To strip, lay waste, ravage.

   • to harry this beautiful region

   • 1896, John Burroughs, Birds and bees and other studies in nature

     A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.

4. To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

Derived terms

• harrier

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the English name Harry.

Adjective

harry (indeclinable)

1. (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy

Derived terms

• harrytur
• harryhandel

References

• “harry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the English name Harry.

Adjective

harry (indeclinable)

1. (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy

Derived terms

• harrytur
• harryhandel

References

• “harry” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.