saith

See also: sàith

English

Etymology 1

From Old English sæġþ, from seċġan.

Alternative forms

• sayeth
• says (modern form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛθ/, /ˈseɪθ/, /ˈseɪ.əθ/

Verb

saith

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of say
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 8:1:

     And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Malachi 3:17:

     And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:

     , B. Blake (1836), p.663

     In this life we have but a glimpse of this beauty and happiness; we shall hereafter, as John saith, see him as he is.

   • 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, ll. 89–90:

     While every leaf that His plumes touch / Saith His Name audibly.

   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, V:

     […] ("since all is o'er," he saith, / "And the blow fallen no grieving can amend;")

Etymology 2

Noun

saith (plural saiths)

1. Alternative form of saithe (“type of fish”)

Anagrams

• Thais, Tisha, has it

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Welsh

Welsh cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : saith     Ordinal : seithfed

Etymology

From Middle Welsh seith, from Proto-Brythonic *seiθ, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sai̯θ/

Numeral

saith

1. seven

References

• “saith”, in R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 1950–present