betimes

«betimes» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: early — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

early

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Early, or in good time before something happens. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say early or in good time.

examples

• And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (Torah GEN.26.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• He who wants to be a sickle must bend himself betimes.’ (Grimms' Fairy Tales) tree →
• "Good morning," said he to Little Claus; "you are come betimes to-day." (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →

primary record

betimes

tests

manual 10.2; corpora 13 (Torah 1, tales 12, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.5 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «betimes» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.