In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", "Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore'"
2006-09-03 04:47:38 · 13 answers · asked by David 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's an old-fashioned way of saying "said". I like it. Think I'll start using it more often in my day-to-day conversations...
2006-09-03 08:16:52 · answer #1 · answered by ashcatash 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source new! quoth (kwth) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. Archaic.
Uttered; said. Used only in the first and third persons, with the subject following: “Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore!’” (Edgar Allan Poe).
[Middle English, from Old English cwth, third person sing. past tense of cwethan, to say. See gwet- in Indo-European Roots.]
2006-09-03 04:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by johnalds_1990 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quoth = Quoted = Said
2006-09-03 07:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by lovergirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quoth /kwoÊθ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kwohth] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb Archaic. said (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject): Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”
Also, quo.
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[Origin: 1150–1200; preterit of quethe (otherwise obs.), ME quethen, OE cwethan to say. Cf. bequeath]
2006-09-03 04:56:21 · answer #4 · answered by vernin822 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "Quotes" but it's an old English version, and it's more like "quoteth", or shortened to just "quoth".
2006-09-03 04:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
said. but it implies a certain emphasis. The raven said "Nevermore" in a proud, positive way that could not be challenged.
2006-09-03 04:50:53 · answer #6 · answered by XT rider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Said.
2006-09-07 01:54:11 · answer #7 · answered by mjkinoh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means said or spoke. in the 1st or 2nd person only.
2006-09-03 04:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by paintedaisys3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it means said
2006-09-03 04:49:27 · answer #9 · answered by shortee807 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask poe
2006-09-03 05:52:16 · answer #10 · answered by Praney Deb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋