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saithe

American  
[seyth, seyth] / seɪθ, seɪð /

noun

Ichthyology.
saithe plural
  1. pollock.


saithe British  
/ seɪθ /

noun

  1. another name for coalfish

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of saithe

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

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"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

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

From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various

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

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

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

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