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to hadst

to hadst

1 9.9
Old form of have used with the word thou
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : tuviste
  • If thou hadst listened to my counsel, things might have turned out differently.
  • Thou hadst

Examples

  • "Thou hadst but to ask."

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Would thou hadst my bones and I thy news.

    Romeo + Juliet (1996)

  • Didst thou thus think of me in the midst of that glory which thou hadst with thy Father before the world was?

    Blog text (20)

  • Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated in what thou hadst to say;

    Prospero's Books (1991)

  • And 'twere it my case, I should go hang myself... if thou hadst hands to help thee knit the cord.

    Titus (1999)

  • I tell thee what, fool, hadst thou craft to banish him that struck more blows for Rome than thou hast spoken words?

    Coriolanus (2011)

  • Thou hadst only to knock at the door, and I would have let thee in.

  • Thou hadst a great opportunity, but thou didst not seize it.

Surface Forms

hadst infinitive
had past
had past participle

Etymology

Hadst is an old past form of have, made from had (the past of have) plus the old ending -st that meant 'you'. So hadst simply means 'you had' and was used with thou, the old word for 'you'.