Talk:quoth

Etymology

Old English cwæþ is the imperfect of cweþan (to say) and is an archaic form preserved in prose and poetry. Its cognates are Old High German QUETHAN[8], Old Norse kveða (to say)[7] and Gothic kwiþan[8], id. Remotely akin to Cornish COWS[4] (speech) and KEWSEL[4] (story, narative).

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods. 

Andrew H. Gray 19:13, 28 October 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)

1st and 3rd person singular

Only used for the 1st and 3rd person singular pronouns. JMGN (talk) 12:26, 11 February 2024 (UTC)