quoth, quath, quod

i. [Prop. a pa. tense, though sometimes used as a present. The infinitive was * queath, only used in the compound bequeath. A. S. cwedhan to speak, to say; pa.t.cwædh (pl. cwædon ), pa. par.cweden; cogn. with Icel. kredha, pa. t. kvadh, pa. par. kvedhnin; O. Sax. quedhan; M. H. Ger. queden, quoden, pa. t. quat, quot.] Said, spoke. (Used generally in the first and third persons, and followed instead of preceded by its nominative; as, Quoth I, quoth he, .) "How now, Sir John, quoth I!" Shakesp.: Henry V., ii. 3. quotidian