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# sayst

verb, old form used with thou

«sayst» 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

«sayst» means «you say», a form of «say»: To say is to speak words: «Say hello.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sayst/#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 sayst» = «you say».

### Examples

- And did it come true, sayst thou? (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sayst/#x1)

### Note

Today: you say.

## On Mova

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