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# wast

verb, past tense of be, with thou (second person singular)

«wast» 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

You were; a form of "be" used with "thou". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wast/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "you were".

### Examples

- And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked? (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wast/#x1)
- I did not know that thou wast anything more than a herdsboy. (The Jungle Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wast/#x2)
- Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee. (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wast/#x3)

### Note

Today: were (with you).

## On Mova

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