speakest

«speakest» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: you speak — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

you speak

part of speech

verb, old form used with thou

meaning for a pupil

«speakest» means «you speak», a form of «speak»: To say words out loud; to talk: "Speak clearly." tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou speakest» = «you speak».

examples

• Then said Arthur, "O chieftain, I have never heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will gladly send messengers in search of her." (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• ‘O Kilweh,’ said Arthur, ‘never have I heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will send messengers to seek her if thou wilt give me time.’ (The Lilac Fairy Book) tree →

tests

ending -est (stem «speak», a verb of EWT); corpora 2 (Torah 0, tales 2, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And the king said unto him: 'Why speakest thou any more of thy matters?
• For as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
• Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
• But he said unto her: 'Thou speakest as one of the impious women speaketh.

Trees and pragmatics

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