burneth

«burneth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: burns — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

burns

part of speech

verb, old form of «burns» (he, she, it)

meaning for a pupil

«burneth» means «burns», a form of «burn»: To be on fire, to make flames and heat: "The wood is burning." tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he burneth» = «he burns».

examples

• And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. (Torah LEV.16.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. (Torah NUM.19.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains. (Torah DEU.32.22, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «burn», a verb of EWT); corpora 3 (Torah 3, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.3 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
• A fire goeth before Him, and burneth up His adversaries round about.

Trees and pragmatics

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