quoth

Etymology
From, , from (first and third person past indicative of ), from  (first and third person past indicative of ). Unrelated to.

Verb

 * 1)  ; said

Derived terms

 * quotha

Verb

 * 1)  To say.

Usage notes

 * Quoth is considered a verb because it is now the only recognizable form of the verb, all other forms of which are . It was originally a past-tense form like "said". Some later use, which treats quoth as a base form and inflects it (quoths, quothed, etc), is nonstandard.
 * Quoth almost always comes before the subject, usually in the form "quoth he/she." It also often comes after the, which is whatever is being said by the subject, written between quotation marks. It can also be inserted in the middle of an object phrase, where "quoth [subject]" is separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.