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?"
例文
1. "I blame the selectors," quoth he.
「選考者のせいだと思う」と彼は言った。
2.'Ask your pardon,sir,you would be very wrong,' quoth Silver.「率直に言って、先生、それではあなたは大間違いです」?金銀島