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to didst

to didst

9.9
An old past form of do used with thou
  • verb
  • /dɪst/
  • Archaic
translation icon : hiciste
  • Didst thou not hear the news?

Examples

  • Thou didst promise to return before nightfall, yet I waited in vain.

  • Why didst thou leave so early, when the celebration had just begun?

  • How didst thou know the answer to the riddle so quickly?

  • Thou didst speaketh the truth.

  • When thou didst arrive at the castle, everyone cheered for thee.

  • Thou didst make a promise to help thy friend in need.

  • Remember how thou didst leap with joy upon hearing the good news.

Surface Forms

didst infinitive

Morphology

didst = did (semi-transparent) = did + st

Formed by adding the archaic second-person singular suffix '-st' to the past form 'did'; the meaning is predictable but the suffix is archaic and may be unfamiliar to learners.

Etymology

Didst is the old past form of do used for 'thou', the old 'you'; it is like did but with the ending -st, as in hast ('have') or art ('are'). So didst simply means 'you did' in old or poetic English.