quethe
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English quethen, cwethen, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷét- (“to say, speak”). Compare Danish kvæde.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
quethe (third-person singular simple present quethes, present participle quething, simple past quethed, 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"
