Quoth vs Quotha - What's the difference?
quoth | quotha |
(archaic, or, literary) (quethe); said
* 19th century ,
* 1845
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:“Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow,” quoth Robin, “thou seemest happy this merry morn.”
*:“Ay, that am I,” quoth the jolly Butcher, “and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?”
As a verb quoth
is (archaic|or|literary) (quethe); said.As an interjection quotha is
(archaic) indeed; forsooth.quoth
English
Verb
- “Pull, if ye never pull’d before;
- Good ringers, pull your best,” quoth he.
- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!
Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”