quethe
English
WOTD – 12 August 2010
Etymology
From Middle English quethen, cwethen, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷét- (“to say, speak”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian kweede (“to say, speak, tell”), Danish kvæde, Icelandic kveða (“to say”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwiːð/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːð
Verb
quethe (third-person singular simple present quethes, present participle quething, simple past quethed or quoth or quod, past participle quethed or quethen)
- (obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"
- Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"
Related terms
- bequeath
Translations
to say or declare
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Middle English
Verb
quethe
- Alternative form of quethen