queth

noun — 4 senses

queth

noun

Etymology From Middle English cweth, queth, queye (mistake), related to the verb quethe and bequeath, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say, speak”).

1

Obsolete Speech, talk.

2

Obsolete Statement, saying, proverb.

3

Obsolete The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt; quest.

4

Obsolete A corsepresent, mortuary.

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