Meaning of creptst | Babel Free

Definitions

second-person singular simple past indicative of creep

archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular

Examples

“Foꝛ if it were there, thou ſhouldeſt ſee it ſhyne abꝛoad though thou creptſt not into a ſell oꝛ a monkes coule, as thou ſeeſt yͤ lightning without crepyng into the cloudes, yea their light would ſo ſhine that men ſhould not onely ſee yͤ lyght of the Goſpell, but alſo their good woꝛkes, which would as faſt come out, as they now runne in.”

“Firſt, thou choſeſt the ſubtleſt beaſt, which God created; then, thou creptſt into his heart, ſpakeſt through his mouth, and ſeeing mankind too ſimple for this world, altogether innocent, holy, deuour, hauing his thoughts intentiue on his Maker, and alſo ſeeing him like a childe newly borne, bedazeled with varieties of obiects, and proſpects, and admiring at the wonderfull workemanſhip of God, which ſeemed the more ſtrange vnto his ſenſes, in regard that he was then vnexperienced, raw, and newly come into the world; […]”

“Stolest creptst may represent unresolved alternatives in the author’s manuscript, and durst dare is redundant.”

“Abortive monſter—thou firſt breath of ſin, we had but ſlender ſhadows of offence, till thou creptſt forth to the offended light, the very maſſe, and ſtocke of villanie.”

“Hatched from the shell, thou creptst from off the leaf; […]”

“Wherefore to my Palace creptst Thou!”

“How creptst thou here, / Sand-snail?”

“Thou has fed fat on the victual of wolves; with a wolf’s mouth didst thou become the slayer of thy brother, and oft with cool lips didst suck his wounds; then loathed of all creatures creptst into thy foul den.”

“Thinkst thou that I did not observe how thou creptst about, taking care to preserve thine own precious skin, when a friend needed help!”

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