caren

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

caren

  1. (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[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

caren

  1. to care

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

caren

  1. first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of caru

Mutation[edit]

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.