wast
Thou once existed
Wast is an archaic second-person singular past tense of "be," paired with "thou": Thou wast my friend.
It appears in the King James Bible and Shakespeare but survives now only in historical fiction, religious liturgy, or deliberately antiquated speech.
thou
Archaic second-person pronoun
hast · dost · shalt · ye · hath · ere · whence · wherefore · betwixt · nigh
- there wasPast presence indicated
- I was wrongAcknowledging prior error
- was bornCame into existence
- wasting timeUnproductive use of hours
- that was itStatement of conclusion
- what was thatRequest for repetition