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# needst

verb, old form used with thou

«needst» 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

«needst» means «you need», 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/needst/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou needst» = «you need».

### Examples

- Leave one little sheaf behind; more than that thou needst not leave, but that thou must leave. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/needst/#x1)
- "She is thine, but therefore needst thou not thank me, but Arthur who hath accomplished this for thee. (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/needst/#x2)

### Note

Today: you need.

## On Mova

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