caren

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

caren

1. (obsolete) plural simple present form 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

     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?

• Cerna, Crane, Rance, caner, crane, crena, nacre, nacré, rance, recan

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

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

caren

1. (colloquial) first- and third-person plural conditional of caru