Forms: early Middle English cweðe, Middle English queðe, Middle English quethe; also Scottish 1500s queinth, 1500s queith, 1500s quheith.

Forms: 1. Present stem. a. Infinitive Old English coeða (Northumbrian), Old English cueðan, Old English cuoæða (Northumbrian), Old English cuoaða (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeða (Northumbrian), Old English cuoęða (Northumbrian), Old English cwæþan, Old English cwæðan, Old English cweaðan (Anglian), Old English cwedan, Old English cweoþan (chiefly Anglian), Old English cweoðan (chiefly Anglian), Old English cweþan, Old English cweðan, Old English cwoeða (Northumbrian), early Middle English cuiþe, early Middle English cuþæ, early Middle English cwæð, early Middle English cwæðe, early Middle English cweð, early Middle English cweþe, early Middle English cweðe, Middle English quede, Middle English queethe, Middle English queþ, Middle English queþe, Middle English queðe, Middle English queym (transmission error), Middle English qvethe, Middle English qweþe, Middle English qweth, Middle English qwethe, Middle English–1500s queth, Middle English–1500s quethe, late Middle English queye (transmission error), late Middle English queythe, 1500s queathe. b. Present indicative. (i). 1st singular Old English coeðo (Northumbrian), Old English cuæðo (Northumbrian), Old English cuedo (Northumbrian), Old English cueði (Northumbrian), Old English cueðo (Northumbrian), Old English cuęðo (Northumbrian), Old English cuoedo (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðo (Northumbrian), Old English cwæde, Old English cwæþe, Old English cwæðe, Old English cwæðo, Old English cwede, Old English cweoð (Mercian), Old English cweoðe, Old English cweoðo (Anglian), Old English cweoðu (Mercian), Old English cweþe, Old English cweðe, Old English cweðo, Old English cwiðe, Old English–early Middle English cwæðe, late Old English cwiðæ, late Old English cwiþe, Middle English queþe, Middle English queth, Middle English quethe, Middle English qwethe, 1500s queythe. (ii). 2nd singular

α. Old English cuæðes (Northumbrian), Old English cueðes (Northumbrian), Old English cuist, Old English cuoeðas (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðes (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðest (Northumbrian), Old English cwæst, Old English cwæþst, Old English cwæðst, Old English cwest, Old English cweðes (Northumbrian), Old English cweþest, Old English cweðest, Old English cweþst, Old English cweðst, Old English cwist, Old English cwiðst, Old English cwoeðes (Northumbrian), Old English cwyst, Old English cwyþst, Old English cwyðst, late Old English cwetst, late Old English cwytst.

β. Old English coðas (Northumbrian), Old English cuoðas (Northumbrian).

(iii). 3rd singular Old English coeðes (Northumbrian), Old English cueoeð (Northumbrian), Old English cueð, Old English cueðæs (Northumbrian), Old English cueðas (Northumbrian), Old English cueðes (Northumbrian), Old English cuęðes (Northumbrian), Old English cuið, Old English cuoeðæs (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðas (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðað (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðes (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðeð (Northumbrian), Old English cweoðas (Northumbrian), Old English cweoðað (Northumbrian), Old English cweþ, Old English cweð, Old English cweþaþ (Mercian), Old English cweðes (Northumbrian), Old English cwiþ, Old English cwið, Old English cwiþeð, Old English cwð, Old English cwyþ, Old English cwyð, Old English cwyþeð, Old English cwyðð, Old English–early Middle English cweþeð, Old English–early Middle English cweðeð, late Old English cweþæþ, late Old English cweðæt, early Middle English cwæð, early Middle English cweð, early Middle English cwiðð, early Middle English cwyd, Middle English queþ. (iv). Plural

α. Old English coeða (Northumbrian), Old English coeðas (Northumbrian), Old English cuæðas (Northumbrian), Old English cuedes (Northumbrian), Old English cueðas (Northumbrian), Old English cueðað, Old English cuoæðas (Northumbrian), Old English cuoaðas (Northumbrian), Old English cuoede (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeða (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðas (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðað (Northumbrian), Old English cuoęðað (Northumbrian), Old English cwæþaþ, Old English cwæþað, Old English cwæðað, Old English cweaðas (Northumbrian), Old English cweaðað (Mercian), Old English cwedaþ, Old English cweodaþ (Mercian), Old English cweoðas (Northumbrian), Old English cweoþaþ (Mercian), Old English cweoþað (Mercian), Old English cweoðaþ (Anglian), Old English cweoðað (Anglian), Old English cweþæþ, Old English cweþæð, Old English cweðæþ, Old English cweðæð, Old English cweþaþ, Old English cweðaþ, Old English cweðað, Old English cweþe (before personal pronoun), Old English cweðe (chiefly before personal pronoun), Old English cweðes (Northumbrian), Old English cweþeð, Old English cweðeð, Old English cwoeðas (Northumbrian), Old English cwyðaþ, Old English–early Middle English cwæðaþ, Old English–early Middle English cweþað.

β. Old English cuoðað (Northumbrian).

c. Imperative. (i). Singular Old English cuęð (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeð (Northumbrian), Old English cwæþ, Old English cwæð, Old English cwet, Old English cweþ, Old English cweð, Old English cweðð, Old English–early Middle English cwed, late Old English cwæt. (ii). Plural

α. Old English cweþat, Old English cweþaþ, Old English cweþað, Old English cweðaþ, Old English cweðað.

β. Old English cuoðas (Northumbrian).

2. Past tense. a. Strong: see quoth v. b. Weak Middle English qwithit (in a late copy), late Middle English queþed, late Middle English queved (probably transmission error), late Middle English withid. 3. Past participle. a. Strong Old English cueden, Old English cuoeden (Northumbrian), Old English cuoeðen (Northumbrian), Old English cwæden, Old English cweden, Old English cwęden, Old English cwedyn, Old English cweþen, Old English cweðen, Old English cwoeden (Northumbrian), Old English gecoeden (Northumbrian), Old English gecueden, Old English gecuedon (Northumbrian), Old English gecuoeden (Northumbrian), Old English gecuoedon (Northumbrian), Old English gecuoeðen (Northumbrian), Old English gecwæden, Old English gecwædon, Old English gecwedæn, Old English gecwedan, Old English gecweden, Old English gecwedyn, Old English gecweðen, Old English gicueden (Northumbrian), Old English gicweden (Northumbrian), Old English–early Middle English gecwedon, late Old English cwiden, late Old English gecwæðen, early Middle English gecwede, early Middle English gecweþon, early Middle English icwæden, early Middle English icwædene, early Middle English icwædon, early Middle English icwede, early Middle English icweden, early Middle English icwedon, early Middle English icweþe, early Middle English icweðe, early Middle English icweðen, Middle English iqueþe, Middle English iqueðe, Middle English iqueðen, Middle English iqueðene, Middle English queden, Middle English queðen, Middle English yquethe. b. Weak 1500s queythed.