didst

«didst» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: did — 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

did

part of speech

verb, past tense of do, with thou

meaning for a pupil

Did something, with "thou" as the subject. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "did" with "you."

examples

• And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.' (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• On Wednesday surely thou didst call. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee. (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 5; corpora 107 (Torah 44, tales 63, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 12.1 (Torah alone 102.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'
• I am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow a vow unto Me.
• and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.
• Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
• And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Spoke I not also to thy messengers that thou didst send unto me, saying:

Trees and pragmatics

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