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

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

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrən/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• carien

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

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.

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

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

Verb

caren

1. 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.