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# quoth

verb

«quoth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Said; a form of "say" used in old tales, with the speaker placed after it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Q/quoth/#m1)

### Then and now

Old word; today we say "said", and "quoth" is used only in old or humorous writing.

### Examples

- "Oh," quoth she, "it's a wee bannock." (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Q/quoth/#x1)
- "Ho, Jock," quoth the goodwife, "here come. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Q/quoth/#x2)
- "Aha, it has allies," quoth the Fowl. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Q/quoth/#x3)

### Note

Today: said.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quoth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Q/quoth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quoth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/quoth.html) on Mova free.