saithe

/seɪð/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

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noun

The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens).

"Daniel Lawson made the claim after it was revealed that cod quotas would be cut almost in half – by 44 per cent – with saithe quotas also to fall by a quarter."

From Old Norse seiðr; compare Norwegian sei and Swedish and Danish sej.

saithes (plural)

bathe lathe swathe rathe spathe scathe staithe enswathe flathe snathe stathe beswathe

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How do you pronounce saithe?

The recorded pronunciation is /seɪð/.

What does saithe mean?

The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens).

Where does saithe come from?

It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce saithe

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