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Didst in a sentence

Didst meaning

second-person singular simple past indicative of do

Using Didst

  • The main meaning on this page is: second-person singular simple past indicative of do
  • In the example corpus, didst often appears in combinations such as: thou didst, didst lay.

Context around Didst

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

thou 4×

Often after:

lay 2× beg 1× thou 1× love 1×

Sentence patterns with Didst

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and thou didst lay a 1× body thou didst beg from 1× but thou didst not die 1× face and didst lay me 1× on thou didst love justice 1× wight why didst thou quit 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

not work of 1× the grammatical variation 1× yea a tomb 1×

Common sentence endings:

art for ever 1× is being celebrated 1× of the tomb 1× quit that plain 1×

Words around Didst

Just before it in the word index:

didsbury 10 dids 3 didrachm 3 didp 3 didot 6 didonato 3

Just after it in the word index:

didulica 2 didymium 3 didymos 7 didymus 2 die 4.706 dieback 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Didst

  • In this selection, "didst" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, thou, lay, beg and thou stand out and add context to how "didst" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and thou didst lay a and body thou didst beg from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "didst" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with didst

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Yea, a tomb, O Lord, for thee the Cretans builded; But thou didst not die, for thou art for ever. (20 words)

Not work of man, nor sport of child Finds Nassan on this mazy wild; Lax grow his joints, limbs toil in vain Poor wight! why didst thou quit that plain? (30 words)

The grammatical variation on 'Thou didst love justice and hate iniquity', the original of which was said in apostrophe to the canonised virgin not a martyr, whose feast is being celebrated. (31 words)

Longer example sentences

And he said to me: I am Jesus, whose body thou didst beg from Pilate, and wrap in clean linen; and thou didst lay a napkin on my face, and didst lay me in thy new tomb, and roll a stone to the door of the tomb. (47 words)

The grammatical variation on 'Thou didst love justice and hate iniquity', the original of which was said in apostrophe to the canonised virgin not a martyr, whose feast is being celebrated. (31 words)

Not work of man, nor sport of child Finds Nassan on this mazy wild; Lax grow his joints, limbs toil in vain Poor wight! why didst thou quit that plain? (30 words)

Question examples

Not work of man, nor sport of child Finds Nassan on this mazy wild; Lax grow his joints, limbs toil in vain Poor wight! why didst thou quit that plain? (30 words)

Example sentences (4)

And he said to me: I am Jesus, whose body thou didst beg from Pilate, and wrap in clean linen; and thou didst lay a napkin on my face, and didst lay me in thy new tomb, and roll a stone to the door of the tomb.

Not work of man, nor sport of child Finds Nassan on this mazy wild; Lax grow his joints, limbs toil in vain Poor wight! why didst thou quit that plain?

The grammatical variation on 'Thou didst love justice and hate iniquity', the original of which was said in apostrophe to the canonised virgin not a martyr, whose feast is being celebrated.

Yea, a tomb, O Lord, for thee the Cretans builded; But thou didst not die, for thou art for ever.

Common combinations with didst

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "didst" in a sentence?
An example: "And he said to me: I am Jesus, whose body thou didst beg from Pilate, and wrap in clean linen; and thou didst lay a napkin on my face, and didst lay me in thy new tomb, and roll a stone to the door of the tomb." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "didst" from authentic English texts.
What does "didst" mean?
Didst means: second-person singular simple past indicative of do
How many example sentences with "didst" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "didst", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.