bringest
verb, old form used with thou
Early Modern English
Meaning
«bringest» means «you bring», a form of «bring»: To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school». tree →
Then and now
Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou bringest» = «you bring».
Examples
- And when thou bringest a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil. (Torah LEV.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now, when the Jews who were inside there saw the little ram, they began shrieking and said, "What art thou thinking of, O man! that thou bringest that little ram into the room? (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) tree →
- Thou bringest them in, and plantest them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, the place, O LORD, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established. (Torah EXO.15.17, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: you bring.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «bringest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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