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# teareth

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

«teareth» 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

«teareth» means «tears», a form of «tear»: A tear (rhymes with «ear») is a drop of salty water that comes from your eye, when you cry, laugh a lot or get something in your eye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/teareth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And of Gad he said: Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lioness, and teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head. (Torah DEU.33.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/teareth/#x1)

### Note

Today: tears.

## On Mova

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