Old English cw?e, third person singular past tense of cweean "to say, speak; name, call; declare, proclaim" (Middle English quethan), from Proto-Germanic *kwithan (cognates: Old Saxon quethan, Old Norse kveea, Old Frisian quetha, Old High German quedan, Gothic qitan), from PIE root *gwet- "to say, speak" (see bequeath). Compare also archaic quotha "said he" (1510s) for Old English cw?ee ge "think you?"
雙語例句
1. "I blame the selectors," quoth he.
“我認為錯在那些遴選者，”他說。
來自柯林斯例句
2. 'Ask your pardon , sir, you would be very wrong,'quoth Silver.