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# wouldst

verb, past tense of will (with thou)

«wouldst» 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 would; a form of "will" used with "thou" in the past or in wishing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wouldst/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- Methought thou wouldst not let me go alive. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wouldst/#x1)
- And wouldst thou then read everything that is written? (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wouldst/#x2)
- Methought thou wouldst tear me in pieces with thy dogs. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wouldst/#x3)

### Note

Today: would (with you).

## On Mova

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