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

It was, as has been mentioned in the previous chapter, nearly dusk—an excellent time for catching saithe, if saithe were about.

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

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 Martyr, Peter

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

From The New McGuffey Fourth Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

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 Black, William