gavest

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English gave

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *-tHós

Proto-Indo-European *-istHos

Proto-Germanic *-istaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ist

Old English -est

Middle English -est

English -est

English gavest

From gave + -est.

Verb

gavest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of give
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:12:

     And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.