falleth

«falleth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: falls — 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

falls

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«falleth» means «falls», a form of «fall»: To fall means to drop down toward the ground. 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 falleth» = «he falls».

examples

• And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break. (Torah LEV.11.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward. (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.35, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «fall», a verb of EWT); corpora 5 (Torah 5, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.6 (Torah alone 11.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.
• Where no wise direction is, a people falleth; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
• A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.
• He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.
• For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again, but the wicked stumble under adversity.

Trees and pragmatics

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