saith

Utters, old style

Saith is an archaic third-person singular form of "say," found almost exclusively in biblical and literary texts: Thus saith the Lord.

Modern readers encounter it mainly in the King James Bible and works imitating that style.

Outside deliberate archaism, the word has no place in contemporary English.

archaic

quoth

Archaic verb: spoke

hathArchaic possessive verb
dothArchaic third-person singular
thouArchaic second-person pronoun

thee · thy · thine · ye · yon · writ · whilst · betwixt · wouldst · forsooth

biblical

scripture

Sacred religious writings

prophetDivinely inspired messenger
psalmSacred scriptural song
testamentWritten proof or legacy

revelation · gospel · verse · commandment · parable · apostle · epistle · sermon · lord · almighty

literary

Shakespearean

Of the Stratford playwright

ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
JacobeanPertaining to King James's reign
ChaucerianPertaining to fourteenth-century English poet

King James · verse · sonnet · soliloquy · monologue · declamation · proclamation · meter · iambic · dramatic

Categories

Archaismsthee, thou, thy, thine, ye
Bible Wordsthou, thee, thy, thine, unto
Biblical Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, ye
archaic Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, ye
archaic verbsdost, doth, hast, hath, shalt
archaic wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, tis

Opposites

verbal expression vs. silence

Not producing sound

keeps mum · withholds · listens · refrains · hears

linguistic register/era

saithsays

Expresses in words

states · declares · asserts · claims · texts

Phrases

enough saidDiscussion can stop
easier said than doneHarder in practice than speech
well saidPraise for articulation
said yesExpressed agreement aloud
said goodbyeExpressed a farewell
you said itEmphatic agreement phrase

Family

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G