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    4 days ago

    I’m not a linguist, and the timeline here is vague, but two things:

    • We’re in the second-person singular, so “dost”, not “doth”
    • Using the auxiliary verb (“do-support”) is a fairly modern construct at least in written English; “hatest thou” would be more likely.