crieth

«crieth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: cries — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

cries

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«crieth» means «cries», a form of «cry»: To cry is to have tears come from your eyes because you are sad, hurt, or very happy. 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 crieth» = «he cries».

examples

• And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground. (Torah GEN.4.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. (Torah EXO.22.27, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «cry», a verb of EWT); corpora 2 (Torah 2, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 4.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.
• For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
• Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
• Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

Trees and pragmatics

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