care – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of care

Noun: care
Sg.care
Pl.cares

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • Than Feraunte his cosyn had grete care and cryed full lowde[…]. [1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:]

Nouns inflected like care

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old English caru (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō. See Modern English care for more. See: Old English Nouns 'caru'.

Verbs referencing "care"

English Nouns care.

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