comest

«comest» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: you come — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

you come

part of speech

verb, old form used with thou

meaning for a pupil

«comest» means «you come», a form of «come»: To come is to move towards here, to the person speaking: Come here! tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou comest» = «you come».

examples

• Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. (Torah DEU.28.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• "Whence comest thou, maiden?" said Connla. (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. (Torah DEU.28.19, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -est (stem «come», a verb of EWT); corpora 20 (Torah 6, tales 14, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 2.3 (Torah alone 14.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
• Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
• And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah: 'What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?'
• And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: 'Comest thou peaceably?'
• And she said: 'Comest thou peaceably?' And he said: 'Peaceably.'

Trees and pragmatics

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