What does wast mean?
Wast means (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; wert..
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/wɒst/ · verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; wert..
I remember the day when thou wast born.
Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born […]
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st! Yea, one wast thou with me That once of old.
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Wast means (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; wert..
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I remember the day when thou wast born.
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