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# mightst

verb, past tense of might, used with thou (second person singular)

«mightst» 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

Had the power to do something; were able to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/mightst/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "you might"; the -st ending belonged to thou.

### Examples

- So thou wast made poor and a vagabond on the face of the earth that thou mightst pick up wisdom, if but a little. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/mightst/#x1)

### Note

Today: might (with you).

## On Mova

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