saithe

American  

[sayth, sayth] / seɪθ, seɪð /

noun

Ichthyology.

• saithe
  plural

1. pollock.

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saithe British  

/ seɪθ /

noun

1. another name for coalfish

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• saithe
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of saithe

1625–35; Scots dial. < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse seithr, Icelandic seith

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Example Sentences

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saithe

"Species such as hake, pollock and saithe are fantastic alternatives with great flavour and are often under utilised so they can be sold at a lower price point,"he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Lykewise || all houshold duties and offices appointed in gods worde must be obserued / els shall he offend / for as Paule saithe: 1.

From A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful by Peter Martyr; Wherunto is Added A Sermon made of the Confessing of Christ and His Gospel and of the Denying of the same, by Henry Bullinger by Peter Martyr

On the rocks beside them lay two or three small codling, a large flounder, two good-sized lythe, and nearly a dozen saithe.

From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by William Black

He which doth denye that all theis sayinges must be vnderstond of persequutors / he saithe that darcknes is lighte.

From A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful by Peter Martyr; Wherunto is Added A Sermon made of the Confessing of Christ and His Gospel and of the Denying of the same, by Henry Bullinger by Peter Martyr

“Heeres gold enough,” saithe the heire of Lynne,“Both for me and my company.”He drunke the wine that was so cleere,And with every man he made merry.

From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang

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