saithe

American  

[seyth, seyth] / seɪθ, seɪð /

noun

Ichthyology.

plural

saithe

1. pollock.

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saithe British  

/ seɪθ /

noun

1. another name for coalfish

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Etymology

Origin of saithe

1625–35; Scots dial. < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse seithr, Icelandic seith

Example Sentences

"Species such as hake, pollock and saithe are fantastic alternatives with great flavour and are often under utilised so they can be sold at a lower price point,"he said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

We played some poker, and I read the little books I had got in Colonsay, and then rigged up a fishing-line, and caught saithe and lythe and an occasional big haddock.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

On the rocks beside them lay two or three small codling, a large flounder, two good-sized lythe, and nearly a dozen saithe.

From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William

For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe, Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere; And out of old bookes, in good faithe, Cometh al this new science that men lere.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

He which doth denye that all theis sayinges must be vnderstond of persequutors / he saithe that darcknes is lighte.

From A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful by Peter Martyr; Wherunto is Added A Sermon made of the Confessing of Christ and His Gospel and of the Denying of the same, by Henry Bullinger by Martyr, Peter