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goeth

Goeth is an archaic English verb form: the third-person singular present tense of the verb to go. It was standard in Early Modern English and is most readily recognized from texts such as the King James Version of the Bible and works from Shakespeare’s era. In modern English, the corresponding form is goes (he goes). The -eth ending is one of several old verb endings that marked the third person singular, alongside -th as in doth or maketh.

Today, goeth occurs almost exclusively in quotations, religious or literary contexts, or as a stylistic device

The form illustrates historical conjugation patterns in English and helps readers identify and date archaic texts.

to
evoke
antiquity.
It
is
not
used
in
contemporary
standard
English.
There
is
no
separate
meaning
or
usage
of
goeth
beyond
its
grammatical
function
as
the
present-tense
form
of
to
go
in
older
English.