saith
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsɛθ/, /ˈseɪθ/, /ˈseɪ.əθ/
- (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of say
- 1611, The Bible, Authorized Version, Exodus 8.i
- And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:, B. Blake (1836), p.663
- In this life we have but a glimpse of this beauty and happiness; we shall hereafter, as John saith, see him as he is.
- 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, lines 89-90:
- While every leaf that His plumes touch / Saith His Name audibly.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, V:
- […] ("since all is o'er," he saith, / "And the blow fallen no grieving can amend;")
- 1611, The Bible, Authorized Version, Exodus 8.i
saith (plural saiths)
- Alternative form of saithe#English|saithe (“type of fish”)
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