saithe

American  

[seyth, seyth] / seɪθ, seɪð /

noun

Ichthyology.

plural

saithe

1. pollock.

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saithe British  

/ seɪθ /

noun

1. another name for coalfish

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Etymology

Origin of saithe

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

Example Sentences

"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

And the same his meaning he vtterith most playnly to the Galathians / where he saithe.

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 Martyr, Peter

Thanne saithe erthe to erthe: 28 ‘This is alle owris’.

From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various

We played some poker, and I read the little books I had got in Colonsay, and then rigged up a fishing-line, and caught saithe and lythe and an occasional big haddock.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

Arter appears and "saithe that he is not of the wealthe that men takithe him to be."

From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Ware, Sedley Lynch