caren

See also: Caren

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːrən/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Verb

caren

  1. 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
imperative singular —
plural1 caren, care careden, carede
imperative plural careth, care —
participles carynge, carende cared, ycared

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

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

Etymology 2

Noun

caren

  1. alternative form of caroyne

Welsh

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

Verb

caren

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of caren
radical soft nasal aspirate
caren garen ngharen charen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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