quoth (v.) Look up quoth at Dictionary.com
Old English cwæð, past tense of cweðan "to say, speak, name, call" (cf. Old Saxon quethan, Old Norse kveða, Old Frisian quetha, Old High German quedan, Gothic qiþan). Cf. archaic quotha "said he" (1510s) for Old English cwæðe ge "think you?"