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sawest

verb, old form used with thou (past)

«sawest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

«sawest» means «you saw», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes: I see a bird. 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 sawest» = «you saw».

Examples

And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?' (Torah GEN.20.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: you saw.

On Mova

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