Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Third person singular present indicative of say.
  • noun The coalfish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • Archaic 3d pers. sing. pres. of say.

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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of say.
  • noun Alternative spelling of saithe.

Etymologies

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Old English sæġþ.

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Examples

  • They commiserate also my accidents and chances: — but MY word saith:

    Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none 2001

  • King Bucar ordered his tents to be pitched round about Valencia, and Abenalfarax, who wrote this history in Arabic, saith that there were full fifteen thousand tents; and he bade that Moorish negress with her archers to take their station near the city.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • King Bucar ordered his tents to be pitched round about Valencia, and Abenalfarax, who wrote this history in Arabic, saith that there were full fifteen thousand tents; and he bade that Moorish negress with her archers to take their station near the city.

    Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Various

  • They commiserate also my accidents and chances: - but my word saith: "Suffer the chance to come unto me: innocent is it as a little child!"

    Thus Spake Zarathustra 1885

  • Join "saith ... concerning the house of Jacob." redeemed -- out of Ur, a land of idolaters (Jos 24: 3). not now -- After the moral revolution described (Isa 29: 17), the children of Jacob shall no longer give cause to their forefathers to blush for them. wax pale -- with shame and disappointment at the wicked degeneracy of his posterity, and fear as to their punishment.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • What His prophet saith is as certain as if it were done.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • They commiserate also my accidents and chances: -- but MY word saith:

    Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872

  • He hath said in His Word that the Son is the Advocate with the Father; but of an advocate with the Son never a word saith He.

    For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Indeed I fear lest thou false me, for that is of thy nature and there is no faith in thee, and the byword saith, 'It befitteth not to entrust a lecher with a fair woman nor a moneyless man with money nor fire with fuel.'

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Accordingly she returned home and acquainted the girl with what had taken place adding, "O my daughter, verily the Basha loveth thee and his wish is to wed thee: he hath been a benefactor to us, and thou wilt never meet his like; for that he is deeply enamoured of thee and the byword saith, 'Reward of lover is return of love.'"

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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