Meanings
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verb
said; an archaic past-tense verb used chiefly before a first- or third-person subject
"We have missed the train," quoth he, looking at the empty platform.
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Etymology
From Middle English quoth, from Old English cwaeth, the first- and third-person past singular of cwethan ("to say"). It survives as an archaic defective verb, usually placed before its subject, and is historically unrelated to quote.