different between saithe vs saith

English

Etymology

From Old Norse seið and Gaelic saigh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?ð/, /se??/

Noun

saithe (plural saithes)

1. The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens).

Anagrams

• Hastie, Hestia, shatei

English

Etymology 1

From Old English sæ?þ, from se??an.

Alternative forms

• sayeth
• says (modern form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??/, /?se??/, /?se?.??/

Verb

saith

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of say
   • , B. Blake (1836), p.663

     In this life we have but a glimpse of this beauty and happiness; we shall hereafter, as John saith, see him as he is.

   • 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, ll. 89–90:

     While every leaf that His plumes touch / Saith His Name audibly.

   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, V:

     […] ("since all is o'er," he saith, / "And the blow fallen no grieving can amend;")

Etymology 2

Noun

saith (plural saiths)

1. Alternative form of saithe (“type of fish”)

Anagrams

• Thais, Tisha, has it

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh seith, from Proto-Brythonic *sei?, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *sept??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sai??/

Numeral

saith

1. seven

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “saith”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies