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# stoodest

verb, old form used with thou (past)

«stoodest» 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

«stoodest» means «you stood», 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/stoodest/#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 stoodest» = «you stood».

### Examples

- And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back.' (Torah NUM.22.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stoodest/#x1)

### Note

Today: you stood.

## On Mova

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