different between saye vs sayd

English

Verb

saye

1. Obsolete spelling of say

Anagrams

• Ayes, Seay, ayes, easy, eyas, yaes, yeas

Hausa

Noun

sày? m (plural sày?-sày?, possessed form sàyen)

1. A purchase; buying
2. verbal noun of saya

Noun

s??y? m (possessed form s??yen)

1. Speaking in a way such as to hide the meaning from a listener.

Middle English

Verb

saye

1. Alternative form of assayen

English

Alternative forms

• say'd

Pronunciation

• (archaic, dialectal) IPA^(key): /se?d/

Verb

sayd

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of say
   • 1499, :John Skelton — The Bowge of Corte [1]

     Remembrest thou what thou sayd yesternyght? Wylt thou abyde by the wordes agayne?

Adjective

sayd (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) said, mentioned earlier
   • A history of the cries of London, Ancient and modern (1884)

     The most excellent historie of the Merchant of Venice, with the extreme crueltie of Shylocke, the Jewe, towards the sayd merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh, and obtaining of Portia by the choyse of three caskets...

Usage notes

In some dialects, said is pronounced sayd and is sometimes spelled that way in dialects, in addition to its use in archaic contexts.

Anagrams

• YASD, dasy-, days, yads

Middle English

Verb

sayd

1. Alternative form of seide