hadst
pronunciation
How to pronounce hadst in British English:
UK [hædst]
How to pronounce hadst in American English:
US [hædst]
Word Origin
- hadst
- archaic second person singular of had; a contraction of haddest.
Example
- 1. Saying , if thou hadst known , even thou , at least in this thy day , the things which belong unto thy peace !
- 2. " Hadst thou sought the whole earth over , " said he , looking darkly at the clergyman , " there was no one place so secret-no high place nor lowly place , where thou couldst have escaped me-save on this very scaffold ! "
- 3. Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ;
- 4. I thought I should ask of thee -- but I dared not -- the rose wreath thou hadst on thy neck .
- 5. Then said martha unto jesus , lord , if thou hadst been here , my brother had not died .