to quoth
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- verb
- /kwɔθ/
- Archaic
- In fact, Isaiah himself equated meat with murder: "He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man," quoth the prophet in chapter 66, verse 3.
Examples
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"Quoth the Raven..."
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Tell me, tell me, I am plore quoth the Raven Nevermore.
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I repeat: "Quoth the Raven"!
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"What ho, my bold knightly friend," quoth the merchant.
Fiction book (2002) -
In other words, quoth Neal, "Telling everyone we know to annoyingly e-mail their people and demand they come."
Blog text (10) -
O quoth this kind of pen thee, and forget this lost Lenore quoth the Raven.
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"Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'"
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"But still this isn't getting me that hammer, with which it was my intention to insert nails into the wall for the hanging up of pictures," quoth he with the most elegant calm with which words ever cascaded from lips.
Fiction book (1999) -
I understand that Abrams has recruited UberConspirator Richard Nixon to make a surprise return engagement from his hidey hole at San Immunity "Not Dead Yet," quoth the Dick for a War Criminals for Romney fete.
Blog text (25) -
"He quoth, 'All is well that ends well,' as they celebrated their victory.'."
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quoth comes from an old English past form cwæð, which meant 'said'. A helpful way to remember quoth is the famous line 'quoth the raven'—it simply means 'said' in old stories and poems.