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# walketh

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

«walketh» 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

«walketh» means «walks», a form of «walk»: To walk means to move by putting one foot in front of the other, slower than running. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/walketh/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And she said unto the servant: 'What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?' And the servant said: 'It is my master.' And she took her veil, and covered herself. (Torah GEN.24.65, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/walketh/#x1)

### Note

Today: walks.

## On Mova

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