saith

English

Etymology 1

From Old English sæġþ, from seċġan.

Alternative forms

• sayeth
• says (modern form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛθ/, /ˈseɪθ/, /ˈseɪ.əθ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛθ, -eɪθ, -eɪəθ

Verb

saith

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of say
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Exodus 8:1:

     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.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Malachi 3:17:

     And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

   • 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:
     , 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, ll. 89-90:

     While every leaf that His plumes touch / Saith His Name audibly.

   • 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section V:

     […] ("since all is o'er," he saith, / "And the blow fallen no grieving can amend;")

   • 2022 April 5, Sean Hannity, Sean Penn, 22:33 from the start, in Sean Penn joins Sean Hannity to discuss Russian invasion of Ukraine (Hannity)‎, Fox News, archived from the original on 11 April 2022:

     Penn: I don't want to invest in the conversation, not that I don't have it privately, about my feelings about what direct action should happen to a leader who does that, but if there is a God, there will be vengeance beyond all possible comprehension.
     Hannity: "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord", quoted in a very famous book.

Etymology 2

Noun

saith (plural saiths)

1. Alternative form of saithe (“type of fish”)

Anagrams

• Tahsi, Thais, Tisha, has it

Old Irish

Noun

saith

1. Alternative spelling of sáith

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh seith, from Proto-Brythonic *seiθ, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sai̯θ/
• Rhymes: -ai̯θ

Numeral

saith

1. (cardinal number) seven

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “saith”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies