quoth

American  

[kwohth] / kwoʊθ /

Also quo

verb

Archaic.

1. said (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject).

   Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”

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quoth British  

/ kwəʊθ /

verb

1. archaic another word for said 1

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Etymology

Origin of quoth

First recorded in 1150–1200; preterit of quethe (otherwise obsolete), Middle English quethen, Old English cwethan “to say.” Cf. bequeath

Example Sentences

“I don’t know what Congressman Clyde said,” quoth McCarthy, and “I didn’t see it.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

As quoth Poe: "The simple truths which science unfolds, day after day, are in fact, far stranger, apparently, than the wildest dreams."

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2021

The mirror, quoth Barbra Streisand, has two faces, and sometimes seeing yourself isn’t quite the same as admiring the view.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2017

So consider this a report, quoth the Haggler, in an email back.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2015

‘Animum rege, qui nisi paret, imperat,” quoth the poet Horace.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson