saithe

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saithe

/seɪð/
/seɪθ/

Rhymes with -eɪð, -eɪθ

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

noun saithes

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.

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@misc{saithe_2026,
  title = {saithe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saithe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}