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# didst

verb, past tense of do, with thou

«didst» 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

Did something, with "thou" as the subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/didst/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "did" with "you."

### Examples

- And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.' (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/didst/#x1)
- On Wednesday surely thou didst call. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/didst/#x2)
- Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee. (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/didst/#x3)

### Note

Today: did.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «didst» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/didst/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«didst» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/didst.html) on Mova free.