findeth

«findeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: finds — 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

finds

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«findeth» means «finds», a form of «find»: To find is to see or get something you were looking for, or by chance: find a coin. 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 findeth» = «he finds».

tests

ending -eth (stem «find», a verb of EWT); corpora 1 (Torah 1, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
• Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
• For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
• A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.
• He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.

Trees and pragmatics

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