Meanings
saye1
verbsaye (third-person singular simple present sayes, present participle sayeing, simple past and past participle saide)
present singular third person sayes · participle present sayeing · participle past saide · past saide
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of say.
It is my Lady, O it is my Loue, O that ſhe knew ſhe were, She ſpeakes, yet ſhe ſayes nothing, what of that?
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 59, column 2
Saye2
Origin
Variant of Say.
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