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quoth

[ kwohth ]

verb

Archaic.
  1. said (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject):

    Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”



quoth

/ əʊθ /

verb

  1. archaic.
    used with all pronouns exceptthou and you, and with nouns another word for said 1
“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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of quoth1

First recorded in 1150–1200; preterit of quethe (otherwise obsolete), Middle English quethen, Old English cwethan “to say.” bequeath
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of quoth1

Old English æٳ, 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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Example Sentences

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“Nameless here for evermore. . . Darkness there and nothing more. . . Merely this and nothing more. . . Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’”

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“I don’t know what Congressman Clyde said,” quoth McCarthy, and “I didn’t see it.”

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“Blankets for a hotel” quoth one of the men who laughed and helped.

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As quoth Poe: "The simple truths which science unfolds, day after day, are in fact, far stranger, apparently, than the wildest dreams."

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Quoth MSCHF’s latest manifesto: When killer robots come to America they will be wrapped in fur, carrying a ball.

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