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# speakest

verb, old form used with thou

«speakest» 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

«speakest» means «you speak», a form of «speak»: To say words out loud; to talk: "Speak clearly." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speakest/#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 speakest» = «you speak».

### Examples

- Then said Arthur, "O chieftain, I have never heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will gladly send messengers in search of her." (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speakest/#x1)
- ‘O Kilweh,’ said Arthur, ‘never have I heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will send messengers to seek her if thou wilt give me time.’ (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speakest/#x2)

### Note

Today: you speak.

## On Mova

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