"quoth" meaning in English

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          "text": "The owner had the power of transmitting the possession to an heir by bequest, by quothing or speaking forth the name of the intended successor to the lord.",
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          "text": "“Why, no,” quothed Jonathan; “for to tell thee the truth, friend, though I am a man of peace, being of that religious order known as the Society of Friends, I am not so weak in person nor so timid in disposition as to warrant me in being afraid of any one.[…]”",
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          "text": "“’Ods blood!” quoths Lee, “’Tis ‘Honey Dew.’”",
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          "ref": "1930, L[aurence] A[ustine] Waddell, The British Edda: The Great Epic Poem of the Ancient Britons on the Exploits of King Thor, Arthur or Adam and his Knights in Establishing Civilization Reforming Eden & Capturing the Holy Grail About 3380-3350 B.C., London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., page 93:",
          "text": "Gunn-ar quoths to Eve: “Hail dawn![…]”",
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          "text": "“Sooth,” quoths the Invincible Vince de la Crau, “this great Wind is within me and is clearly meant as a sign of my approaching Folly.[…]”",
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          "text": "Gunn-ar quoths to Eve: “Hail dawn![…]”",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊθ"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/En-us-quoth.ogg/En-us-quoth.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/En-us-quoth.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quoth"
}