seeth

«seeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: sees — 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

sees

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«seeth» means «sees», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes: I see a bird. 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 seeth» = «he sees».

examples

• And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Our heaviest grief the world oft seeth not, Our sorest pain we hide from stranger eyes: And for the sufferer there is nothing left But the green mound that o'er the coffin lies.” (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
• The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes: (Torah NUM.24.4, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «see», a verb of EWT); corpora 10 (Torah 9, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.1 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth!
• if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the horn, and warn the people;
• The Lord doth laugh at him; for He seeth that his day is coming.
• For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
• The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Trees and pragmatics

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