quethe
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From Middle English quethen, cwethen, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say, speak”).
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quethe (third-person singular simple present quethes, present participle quething, simple past quoth or quod or quethed, past participle quoth or quethen or quethed)
- (obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
- 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review[1], volume I, number II, New York, N.Y., London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:
- Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”
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quethe
- Alternative form of quethen