Sóþ-sægen

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

-segen, e;

sóþ-sægen

f. A true statement, statement of the truth,statement of the facts of a case:--Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan mid nánre sóðsegene ðeáh ðe hé unscyldig wǽre the Saviour would not clear himself by any statement of the truth, though he was innocent, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 11. Hí sceolon forsuwian heora geférena unþeáwas, ðý læs ðe hí þurh heora sóðsegene ungeðyldige beón, 230, 17. soþ-sægen