expression of surprise or contempt
• (interj.) Indeed; forsooth.
Quoth'a (-ȧ) interj. [ For quoth 'a said he, 'a being corrupted from he .] Indeed; forsooth. « To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves With mended morals, quotha , -- fine new lives !» Mrs. Browning. 
indeed! (used ironically or contemptuously in quoting another).