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From Middle EnglishCharlewayn, from Old Englishcarles wǣn, apparently from a common Proto-Germanic*karlas wagnaz (cognate with forms in other Germanic languages, e.g. SwedishKarlavagnen). It seems that this common Germanic name originally meant the ‘peasant's wagon’ (the churls' wagon) in contrast to the ‘woman's wagon’ (Ursa Minor). Later it was interpreted as ‘Charles's wagon’ and associated with Charlemagne.
Down from the heights reels the glittering Cassiopeia as the hours wear on, while Charles’ Wain lumbers up from behind the vapour-soaked swamp trees that sway in the night-wind.
Translations
bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky — see Big Dipper
