saithe

noun /seɪð/

1. 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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry saithe (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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