Dictionary

saith en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /seɪθ/
• /sɛθ/
• /ˈseɪ.əθ/
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Etymology

From Old English sæġþ, from seċġan.

Meanings

1. (archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of say
   form of say
   • 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. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Malachi 3:17:
   • 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. 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 Apr 2022:
   • In this life we have but a glimpse of this beauty and happiness; we shall hereafter, as John saith, see him as he is. , B. Blake (1836), p.663
   • While every leaf that His plumes touch / Saith His Name audibly. 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, ll. 89-90:
   • 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, Exodus 8:1:
   • […] ("since all is o'er," he saith, / "And the blow fallen no grieving can amend;") 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section V:

Forms

saith en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of saithe (“type of fish”).
   alt of saithe

Forms