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# spreadeth

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

«spreadeth» 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

«spreadeth» means «spreads», a form of «spread»: To open or stretch out something: "spread your arms". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spreadeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spreadeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: spreads.

## On Mova

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