Definition of "saie" []

• Archaic spelling of say. (verb)

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• "And wher (as I said afore) thei haue in all handi worckes a passing subtiltie of witte, yet in the knowledge of heauenly thinges, thei are altogether to learne: that is to saie, the are vtterly ignoraunt."
• "And (as some saie) tumble doune the carkesse into the Sea, (for this Virgine hath a Chapelle vpon the toppe of a high clieue, hangyng ouer the Sea, where this feate is doone) and naile vp the heade vpon a Gibet."
• "And to saie truthe, it ought not to sieme greatly straunge vnto folkes, though the countrie be reported to haue suche"