followeth

«followeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: follows — 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

follows

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«followeth» means «follows», a form of «follow»: To follow is to go or come after someone or something. 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 followeth» = «he follows».

examples

• and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous. (Torah GEN.41.31, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «follow», a verb of EWT); corpora 1 (Torah 1, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
• Destruction followeth upon destruction, for the whole land is spoiled; suddenly are my tents spoiled, my curtains in a moment.
• He that tilleth his ground shall have plenty of bread; but he that followeth after vain things is void of understanding.
• The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD; but He loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
• He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, prosperity, and honour.

Trees and pragmatics

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