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# needeth

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

«needeth» 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

«needeth» means «needs», a form of «need»: To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/needeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And Esau said: 'Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.' And he said: 'What needeth it? let me find favour in the sight of my lord.' (Torah GEN.33.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/needeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: needs.

## On Mova

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