caren

See also: Caren

English

Etymology

From Middle English caren, equivalent to care +‎ -en.

Verb

caren

(obsolete) plural simple present of care
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:
  But they been hired for little Pay,
  Of other, that caren as little as they,
- 1603, Phineas Fletcher, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  What caren they for Helicon, or their Pegasean well?
- 1610, Giles Fletcher, Christs Victorie on Earth:
  What caren they for beasts, or for the wearie way?

Anagrams

Carne, Cerna, Crane, Crean, Nérac, Rance, caner, crane, crena, nacre, nacré, rance, recan

Middle English

Alternative forms

carien

Etymology

From Old English carian, from Proto-West Germanic *karōn, from Proto-Germanic *karōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrən/

Verb

caren

to care

Conjugation

Conjugation of caren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) caren, care
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	care	cared
2nd-person singular	carest	caredest
3rd-person singular	careth	cared
subjunctive singular	care	cared
imperative singular	care	—

plural¹	caren, care	careden, carede
imperative plural	careth, care	—

participles	carynge, carende	cared, ycared

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: care
Scots: care, cair
Yola: caars (sg.3)

References

“cāren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Welsh

Alternative forms

carem (literary, first-person plural)
carent (literary, third-person plural)
carsen (colloquial)

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɛn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrɛn/, /ˈkarɛn/

Verb

caren

first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of caru

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caren	garen	ngharen	charen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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