kearn

Now ef Ginnerl Taylor had a fout 'um far, and had a licked' um up like a cow a-lickin 'salt, I wouldn't a kearn; but the way he done it he can't git my vote.

Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters 1859

Ir. Bu - aidh, t kearn, kod, F. kofgar f kov f briathar, ata.

Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: : from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. 1707