wilt

«wilt» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: will (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

will (with you)

part of speech

verb, second person singular of will (with thou)

meaning for a pupil

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

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "you will"; the form "wilt" also means a plant droops, which is a different sense.

examples

• For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, (Torah EXO.9.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wilt thou still keep him, Mother?” (The Jungle Book) tree →
• And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?' (Torah GEN.38.16, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

wilt

tests

manual 5; corpora 190 (Torah 36, tales 153, Sefer Yetzirah 1); EWT 2; ratio 4.3 (Torah alone 16.8); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
• Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?
• And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'
• If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food;
• And he said: 'Oh Lord, send, I pray Thee, by the hand of him whom Thou wilt send.'

Trees and pragmatics

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