wast

«wast» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: were (with you) — 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

were (with you)

part of speech

verb, past tense of be, with thou (second person singular)

meaning for a pupil

You were; a form of "be" used with "thou". tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "you were".

examples

• And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked? (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• I did not know that thou wast anything more than a herdsboy. (The Jungle Book) tree →
• Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee. (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 5; corpora 19 (Torah 12, tales 7, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 2.2 (Torah alone 28.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked?
• And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
• And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
• Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.
• And David said unto him: 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?'

Trees and pragmatics

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