caren
See also: Caren
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English caren, equivalent to care + -en.
Verb edit
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 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
- to care
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of caren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “cāren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
- carem (literary, first-person plural)
- carent (literary, third-person plural)
- carsen (colloquial)
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarɛn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːrɛn/, /ˈkarɛn/
Verb edit
caren
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |