quoth
[ kwohth ]
/ kwoʊθ /
verb Archaic.
said (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject): Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”
Words nearby quoth
quote, quote-driven, quote-unquote, quoted company, quoteworthy, quoth, quotha, quotid., quotidian, quotient, quotient group
Also quo.
Origin of quoth
1150–1200; preterit of quethe (otherwise obsolete), Middle English quethen, Old English cwethan to say. Cf. bequeath
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quoth
/ (kwəʊθ) /
verb
archaic (used with all pronouns except thou and you, and with nouns) another word for said 1 (def. 2)
Word Origin for quoth
Old English cwæth, third person singular of cwethan to say; related to Old Frisian quetha to say, Old Saxon, Old High German quethan; see bequeath
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