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aren

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From Middle English aren, from Old English earon, earun, present plural indicative of Old English bēon (“to be”). Equivalent to are + -en. More at are.

verb arn

dialectal, first person, obsolete, plural, present first-person plural simple present of be
dialectal, obsolete, plural, present, second person second-person plural simple present of be “Ye're not Irish, aren ye?” “No, we're from Canada.”
dialectal, obsolete, plural, present, third person third-person plural simple present of be

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@misc{aren_2026,
  title = {aren},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aren},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}