camest
verb, old form used with thou (past)
Early Modern English
Meaning
«camest» means «you came», a form of «come»: To come is to move towards here, to the person speaking: Come here! 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 camest» = «you came».
Examples
- And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.' (Torah GEN.16.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now get hence, or by the Sambhur that I killed (I eat no starved cattle), back thou goest to thy mother, burned beast of the jungle, lamer than ever thou camest into the world! (The Jungle Book) tree →
- Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. (Torah EXO.34.18, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: you came.
On Mova
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