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# tellest

verb, old form used with thou

«tellest» 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

«tellest» means «you tell», a form of «tell»: To tell is to say something to someone so they know it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/tellest/#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 tellest» = «you tell».

### Examples

- I'll do whatever thou tellest me, only leave off beating me."--"Then I have taught thee sense, eh?" said the man.--"Oh, yes, yes, good husband!" cried she. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/tellest/#x1)

### Note

Today: you tell.

## On Mova

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