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# standest

verb, old form used with thou

«standest» 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

«standest» means «you stand», a form of «stand»: To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/standest/#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 standest» = «you stand».

### Examples

- And He said: 'Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.' (Torah EXO.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/standest/#x1)
- And he said: 'Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.' (Torah GEN.24.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/standest/#x2)

### Note

Today: you stand.

## On Mova

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