Meanings
alternative shallest
- hypercorrectoftenrareSynonym of shalt.
Thou shalst also always specify thine version and thine operating system[.]
2000 October 11, Sybrand Bakker, “oracle beginners”, in comp.databases.oracle.misc (Usenet), message-ID <news:971288729.6856.5.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>2 more examples
Thou shallest be an hour without diuiſibility: and if an houre, a yeare: if ſo, an age: and if an age, then for euer, for al eternity.
1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatiſes, in the One of Which, The Natvre of Bodies; in the Other, The Natvre of Mans Sovle; is Looked Into […] , Paris: Gilles Blaizot, The Concluſion, page 463"Never mind, naybour," said Master Samuel, recovering himself, "thee shalst have a quart for it when thee com'st to my house.”
1853, John Yonge Akerman, “Wat Sannell's Ride to Highworth”, in Wiltshire Tales, London: John Russell Smith, page 151Synonyms: shalt
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of shalt.
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