Old English cwæð, third person singular past tense of cweðan "to say, speak; name, call; declare, proclaim" (Middle English quethan), from Proto-Germanic *kwithan (cognates: Old Saxon quethan, Old Norse kveða, Old Frisian quetha, Old High German quedan, Gothic qiþan), from PIE root *gwet- "to say, speak" (see bequeath). Compare also archaic quotha "said he" (1510s) for Old English cwæðe ge "think you?"
quoth 双语例句
1. "I blame the selectors," quoth he.
“我认为错在那些遴选者，”他说。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 'Ask your pardon , sir, you would be very wrong,'quoth Silver.