shouldst

«shouldst» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: should — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

should

part of speech

auxiliary verb, form of should used with thou

meaning for a pupil

You should or ought to; you would be expected to. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say you should. The sentences use the same sense as should.

examples

• What have I done that thou shouldst turn away? (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →
• "Perish!" cried he, "for 'tis but just that such a wretch as thou shouldst perish!" (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) tree →
• ‘It is a wonder that such a man as thou shouldst be without a companion.’ (The Lilac Fairy Book) tree →

tests

manual 5; corpora 14 (Torah 0, tales 14, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.6 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

Trees and pragmatics

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