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sowest

verb, old form used with thou

«sowest» 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

«sowest» means «you sow», a form of «sow»: (verb, rhymes with go) To plant seeds in the ground. 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 sowest» = «you sow».

Examples

and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field. (Torah EXO.23.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: you sow.

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