Quethe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwiːð/

Origin

From Middle English quethen, cwethen, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷét- ("to say, speak"). Compare Danish kvæde.

Full definition of quethe

Verb

1. (obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
• 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, ""Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

Related terms

• bequeath