OriginRegular addition of the past tense suffix -ed to saw.
- form-of, participle, pastsimple past and past participle of saw
- dialectal, form-of, humorous, often, pastsimple past of see
“"Yes, yes, el Pero! that was himself!" cried the captain; "I sawed him at the ale-house at Penzance with my own eye."”
Source: Wiktionary