couldst

American  

[koodst, kootst] / kʊdst, kʊtst /

Also couldest

verb

Archaic.

1. 2nd person singular simple past tense of can.

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couldst British  

/ kʊdst /

verb

1. archaic used with the pronoun thou or its relative form, the form of could

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Example Sentences

If thou couldst ever put thy pride away,     Belike my prejudice would fall aside.

From Slate • May 28, 2014

Douay's Dalila, for example, asked Samson in stodgy Elizabethan English "Wherewith if thou wert bound thou couldst not break loose?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Heartily do I wish thou couldst see this household—its freaks and pranks and glories.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

So when Sam-son came to De-li-lah's house she said to him, Tell me, I pray thee what makes thee so strong, and with what thou couldst be bound and not break loose?

From Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood by Pollard, Josephine

But couldst thou not help us by provoking relinquishment among the Confederates?

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne