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# leaneth

verb, old form of «leans» (he, she, it)

«leaneth» 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

«leaneth» means «leans», a form of «lean»: To lean is to bend your body towards something or away from straight: «Lean forward». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/leaneth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he leaneth» = «he leans».

### Examples

- And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. — (Torah NUM.21.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/leaneth/#x1)

### Note

Today: leans.

## On Mova

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