quoth

Also quo

[kwohth]

verb

Archaic.

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

   Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”

quoth

/ kwəʊθ /

verb

1. archaic,  another word for said 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of quoth¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of quoth¹

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

Example Sentences

“Thank you, Admiral, that is kind of you to say. And I am a great admirer of Mr. Poe. The children are studying him right now, in fact. ‘Quoth the raven, nevermore.’

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In that Maureen has a young son who gets into scrapes and has a non-human friend that tries to keep him safe — “Danger, Will Robinson!,” quoth the Robot — “Lost in Space” sounds a distant echo of the earlier series.

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“Nameless here for evermore. . . Darkness there and nothing more. . . Merely this and nothing more. . . Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’”

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

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“Blankets for a hotel” quoth one of the men who laughed and helped.

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