What does that 'ST ending in the word "know'st" stand for? I think I have seen it in different verbs already, but I am not sure I know what it means, does anyone know about it?
Although as it is not being flown from a flagpole it doesn't matter if the thick bits are on top on the left or the right, so you can do it either way.
If being flown from a flagpole then the thick white bits should be above the red on the flagpole side.
But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time though grow'st
I that poem. I quote it only because it has a fair amount of "'st"s in it and its about the only text I know by heart.
And 'it' seems to fit the bill to me, although I had never really thought about it myself.
Segat has it. "Know'st" is a contraction (for metrical reasons) of "knowest", the ordinary second person present of "know" in early Modern English. It has nothing to do with the word "it".