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Webster 1913 Edition
Quoth
Quoth
(kwōth or kwŭth)
, Verb.
T.
[AS.
cweðan
, imp cwæð
, pl. cwǣdon
; akin to OS. queðan
, OHG. quethan
, quedan
, Icel. kveða
, Goth. qiþan
. √22. Cf. Bequeath
.] Said; spoke; uttered; – used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object;
“Let me not live, quoth he.” as,
. quoth I
, quoth he
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quoth
QUOTH
,Verb.
I.
To say; to speak. This verb is defective, being used only in the first and third persons in the present and past tenses, as quoth I, quoth he, and the nominative always follows the verb. It is used only in ludicrous language, and has no variation for person, number or tense.