cheweth

«cheweth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: chews — 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

chews

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«cheweth» means «chews», a form of «chew»: To chew is to break up food in your mouth with your teeth before you swallow it. 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 cheweth» = «he chews».

examples

• And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. (Torah LEV.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «chew», a verb of EWT); corpora 8 (Torah 8, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.9 (Torah alone 18.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
• And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

Trees and pragmatics

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