selleth

«selleth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: sells — 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

sells

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«selleth» means «sells», a form of «sell»: To sell is to give something to someone for money. 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 selleth» = «he sells».

examples

• And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. (Torah EXO.21.16, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «sell», 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

• He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
• She maketh linen garments and selleth them; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

Trees and pragmatics

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