saithe

[ seyth, seyth ]

noun,plural saithe.Ichthyology.

pollock.

Origin of saithe

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

Words Nearby saithe

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How to use saithe in a sentence

And the same his meaning he vtterith most playnly to the Galathians / where he saithe.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful | Peter Martyr
They whos mynd (saithe he) was more readie and their faithe more stronge / suffered torments.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful | Peter Martyr
Righte deere (saithe he) in the fighte of the lorde / is the dathe of his sainctes.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful | Peter Martyr
He which doth denye that all theis sayinges must be vnderstond of persequutors / he saithe that darcknes is lighte.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful | Peter Martyr
I sawe (saithe he) the sowles of them which wer filled for the name of Iesu and the word of God.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful | Peter Martyr

British Dictionary definitions for saithe

saithe

/ (seɪθ) /

noun

British another name for coalfish

Origin of saithe

C19: from Old Norse seithr coalfish; compare Gaelic saigh, saighean coalfish, Irish saoidhean young of fish

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