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Says vs Sayd - What's the difference?

says | sayd |

As verbs the difference between says and sayd

is that says is (say) while sayd is (label).

As an adjective sayd is

(obsolete) said , mentioned earlier.

says

English

Alternative forms

*saith, sayeth (archaic)

Verb

(head)
  • (say)

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    sayd

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (label)
  • :Remembrest thou what thou sayd''' yesternyght? Wylt thou abyde by the wordes agayne?'' — — ''The Bowge of Corte'' [http://www.luminarium.org/editions/bowge.htm] (' 1499 )
  • :What thou hast sayd to me. Ham. I must to England, you knowe that — Shakespeare, Hamlet (c. 1600)

    • Adjective

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

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