SHALT
What does "SHALT" mean?
An archaic form of 'shall' used with the pronoun 'thou'.
Meanings
- The second-person singular present of 'shall', used with 'thou' to express future action, command, or obligation. Thou shalt not steal. archaic
Word origin
From Old English 'scealt', the second-person singular of 'sceal' (shall); the '-t' ending marked agreement with 'thou', as in 'art', 'wilt', and 'canst'.
Remember it
SHALT = SHALL minus an L plus a T - the old 'thou' ending, the same T that hides in 'wilt' and 'art'.
A little poem
A word retired from daily tongues,
it still commands on chiseled stone.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why does 'shalt' only talk to one person? Because it never learned to address a crowd - it's strictly thou-and-thou.
What it teaches
Words fall out of speech but not out of weight; some still rule from the page.
Quick facts
What does SHALT mean?
An archaic form of 'shall' used with the pronoun 'thou'.
Is SHALT a valid word?
Yes — SHALT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHALT?
SHALT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHALT come from?
From Old English 'scealt', the second-person singular of 'sceal' (shall); the '-t' ending marked agreement with 'thou', as in 'art', 'wilt', and 'canst'.
What can SHALT teach us?
Words fall out of speech but not out of weight; some still rule from the page.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.