quetheとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 quethen, cwethen, from 古期英語 cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say, speak”).

発音

• IPA: /kwiːð/
• 韻: -iːð

動詞

quethe (third-person singular simple present quethes, present participle quething, simple past quoth or quod or quethed, past participle quoth or quethen or quethed)

1. (obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
   • 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review‎, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:

     Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”

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