Etymology

Always derived from ON, cp. OIcel kerald 'cask', formed on PGmc *kazan 'jar, vessel' (*kaz-aðla-), cp. Go kas, OIcel ker, MLG, OHG kar.

PGmc Ancestor

*kaz-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

kerald 'cask'
(ONP kerald (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far kerald, Icel kerald, Norw kjerald, Sw kärl, käril

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

B2

Attestation

MED's only other citation comes from c1475 Court Sap. (Trin-C R.3.21).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Pat 159

Bibliography

MED carald (n.) , de Vries ker, Mag. kerald, Orel *kazan, Kroonen *kaza-