quoth (kw th)tr.v. Archaic Uttered; said. Used only in the first and third persons, with the subject following: "Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore!'" (Edgar Allan Poe). [Middle English, from Old English cw  th, third person sing. past tense of cwethan, to say; see gwet- in Indo-European roots.] |
quoth [kwəʊθ]
vb
Archaic (used with all pronouns except thou and you, and with nouns) another word for said1 [2]
[Old English cwæth, third person singular of cwethan to say; related to Old Frisian quetha to say, Old Saxon, Old High German quethan; see bequeath]
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