wanteth
Old English lacks
Wanteth is an archaic third-person singular form of want, using the -eth ending that was standard in Early Modern English: He that wanteth wisdom, let him ask of God.
The form survives mainly in biblical quotations and deliberate archaism.
It could mean lacks or desires, depending on context.
Intense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- covetDesire greedily
- lustIntense carnal appetite
hunger · thirst · passion · pining · seeketh · desireth · aspiration · appetite
Insufficiency of something needed
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
privation · absence · void · inadequacy · paucity · bereft · destitution · needeth
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
lust · hunger · thirst · passion · pining · seeketh · desireth · aspiration · appetite · ambition
scarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
dearth · privation · absence · void · inadequacy · paucity · bereft · destitution · needeth · sparsity
thou
Archaic second-person pronoun
hast · doth · shalt · ye · art · ere · betwixt · wherefore · whence · verily
- help wantedEmployment listings header
- wanted to knowDesired information
- wanted posterNotice seeking fugitive's capture
- wanted listRoster of sought criminals
- not wantedLacking any desire for
- wanted adsPublished job or sale notices