letteth

«letteth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: lets — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

lets

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«letteth» means «lets», a form of «let»: To allow someone to do something: "Mum let me stay up." 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 letteth» = «he lets».

examples

• And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. (Torah LEV.16.26, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «let», 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

• The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
• The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.

Trees and pragmatics

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