goest
Archaic second-person travel
Goest is an archaic second-person singular form of go, used with thou: Whither thou goest, I will go.
The form appears almost exclusively in biblical or deliberately antiquated contexts.
Modern English uses go for all persons except the third-person singular goes.
Archaic second-person pronoun
Sacred religious writings
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- verseMetered poetic passage
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
apostle · gospel · testament · sermon · parable · covenant · exodus · journey
Movement between locations
- journeyTravel from place to place
- departLeave a place
- proceedMove forward, continue
- advanceMove or progress forward
pass · walk · wander · venture · traverse · progress · fare · move
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- King JamesEnglish Bible translation, 1611
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
verse · poetry · drama · soliloquy · monologue · rhetoric · eloquence · meter
thou
Archaic second-person pronoun
hast · hath · doth · dost · art · wilt · shalt · canst · wouldst · shouldst
scripture
Sacred religious writings
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- verseMetered poetic passage
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
prophet · apostle · gospel · testament · sermon · parable · covenant · exodus · journey · pilgrimage
travel
Movement between locations
advance · pass · walk · wander · venture · traverse · progress · fare · move · hasten
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- King JamesEnglish Bible translation, 1611
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
sonnet · verse · poetry · drama · soliloquy · monologue · rhetoric · eloquence · meter · iambic
- goes onContinues or persists
- goes upRises or increases
- goes throughExperiences or traverses
- goes wrongDeviates from intended outcome
- goes outLeaves a place
- goes byPasses or is named