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Hi there, thanks for your question. |
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This is a really interesting one. |
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In some very old forms of English you will see these type of words, |
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thou, giveth, hast etc, |
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most notably in certain religious texts such as The Bible or possibly English translations of The Qur'an. |
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In other words, |
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these forms are what we call archaic, |
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meaning they're not in active use anymore, |
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other than in either religious or ancient texts, |
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or as they appear in literature and other forms of writing from previous centuries. |
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A specialist in the development and history of English would perhaps be able to tell you more about the origins and the use of the specific words in your example, |
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but most of them would have been in use from around the 15th century onwards in a form now known by academics as Early Modern English. |
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Although this was by no means used consistently if one examines different texts from the time, |
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by about the 18th century these forms were not so widely used and I can clarify that nowadays we would definitely not see or hear these in typical situations, |
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spoken or written. |
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In today's English, thou would always be replaced with you, |
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for example, |
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seest with see and so on. |