verb Archaic. a 2nd person singular simple past tense of have.

What does hadst mean in old english?

old use. /hædst/ /hədst/ uk. /hædst/ /hədst/ in the past, the second person singular form of the past tense of "have": thou hadst (= you had)

When should you use that?

'That' is used as a determiner at the beginning of sentences to indicate one object which is far from the speaker. Note that the plural form of 'that' as a determiner is 'those. ' 'That' and 'those' is generally used with 'there' to indicate that the object(s) is not close to the speaker.