Carles wǽn
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - carles wǽn
According to the Old English Dictionary:
gen. of carl
- carles wǽn
- the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major :-- Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 16, 5; Lchdm. iii. 27o, 11, 12.