saithe

American  

[seyth, seyth] / 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

Etymology

Origin of saithe

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

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

For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe, Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere; And out of old bookes, in good faithe, Cometh al this new science that men lere.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

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

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

“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 Lang, Andrew