trieth
verb, old form of «tries» (he, she, it)
Early Modern English
Meaning
«trieth» means «tries», a form of «try»: To make an effort to do something: "Try to finish." tree →
Then and now
Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he trieth» = «he tries».
Examples
- The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Proba- tion, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator trieth all righteous persons. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Probation, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator (blessed be He) trieth all righteous persons. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
Note
Today: tries.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «trieth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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