Definition of Saist

1. say [v] - See also: say

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saist

saints
saints' bell
saints' days
saintship
saintships
saique
saiques
sair
saired
sairer
sairest
sairing
sairs
sais
saises
saist (current term)
saith
saithe
saithes
saiths
saiyid
saiyids
saj
sajene
sajenes
sajiki-seki
sajou
sajous
sakatottari
sake

Literary usage of Saist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1837)
"Thou saist some folk desire us for richesse, Some for our shape, ... Thou saist men may not kepe a castil wall, Thus goth all to the devil by the tale. ..."

2. Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War by John Bunyan (1905)
"This thou hast done against the being, honour, and glory of the King, and against the peace and safety of the Town of Mansoul. What saist thou, art thou ..."

3. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with Illustrative Notes by Geoffrey Chaucer (1847)
"And if that sche be fair, thou verray knave, Thou saist that every ... Thou saist that som folk desire us for riches, Som for our schap, and som for our ..."

4. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1847)
"And if that sche be fair, thou verray knave, Thou saist that every ... Thou saist that som folk desire us for riches, Som for our schap, and som for our ..."

5. The Harleian Ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1885)
"... And if1 fat 1 sche be riche and of1 parage Thanne saist 1 f ou it/ is a ... hir armes smale / Thus goth al to fe deuel by fi tale Thou saist 1 men may ..."

6. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with Illustrative Notes by Geoffrey Chaucer (1847)
"And if that sche be fair, thou verray knave, Thou saist that every ... Thou saist that som folk desire us for riches, Som for our schap, and som for our ..."

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