quethとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 cweth, queth, queye (mistake), related to the verbs quethe and bequeath, from 古期英語 cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say, speak”).

名詞

queth (plural queths)

1. Speech, talk.
2. Statement, saying, proverb.
3. The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt; quest.
4. A corsepresent, mortuary.

参照

• “queth and quethe”, in Middle English Compendium‎, University of Michigan, (Can we date this quote?)