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mayest

American  
[mey-ist] / ˈmeɪ ɪst /
Also mayst

verb

Archaic.
  1. 2nd person singular present indicative of may.


mayest British  
/ ˈmeɪɪst /

verb

  1. a variant of mayst

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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May not the wave seize thee; Mayest thou not taste the impurities of the river; Mayest thou not see the face of fear.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius

Mayest thou enjoy, therefore, that to which God hath granted thee access, in smoothing thy way to that plunder and that abundant sustenance without any difficulty!”

From Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental by Tibbitts, Charles John

Mayest thou my friend and benefactor overcome in every hardship. 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

Mayest thou subdue the circuit of the sun's disk.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius

Mayest thou grow on the paths of the birds.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

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