Definition of "wast"
wast1
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; wert.
Quotations
Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born […]
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene 2 (a hunting song)]
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 16:5:And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 3:11:And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?