sittest
verb, old form used with thou
Early Modern English
Meaning
«sittest» means «you sit», a form of «sit»: To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom. 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 sittest» = «you sit».
Examples
- And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Torah DEU.11.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee. (Torah DEU.23.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Torah DEU.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: you sit.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «sittest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «sittest» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.
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