hadst
verb, past tense of have with thou
Early Modern English
Meaning
you had. tree →
Then and now
No longer used; today we say you had.
Examples
- For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased abundantly; and the LORD hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned. (Torah GEN.30.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- I threw away the gift thou hadst vouchsafed to me, I left my mission unfulfilled. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
- Surely now I had put forth My hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth. (Torah EXO.9.15, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: had.
On Mova
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