Sófte

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

sófte

cpve. sóftor, séft; adSófte suaviter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 228, 6: gradatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 37: pedetemtim, 81, 39: sensim, 120, 41. Ðone sófte langan morosam, 32, 6. I. of sleep, rest, etc., softly, quietly, without disturbance:--Hé sófte swæf, Cd. Th. 12, 2; Gen. 179. Reste hé hine sófte, Lchdm. ii. 292, 7: Ps. Th. 77, 65. II. calmly, at ease, without trouble:--Ðǽr mé sófte byþ, ðǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum, Ps. Th. 60, 3. Hié sófte ðæs bidon, Exon. Th. 10, 3; Cri. 146. Hí willniaþ manifeald earfoþe tó þrowianne, for ðam ðe hí willniaþ mǽran áre mid Gode tó habbanne, ðonne ða habbaþ ðe sóftor libbaþ, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 17: Shrn. 163, 20. Ðæt ic ðý séft mǽge mín álǽtan líf and leódscipe that with mind the more at ease I may relinquish life and people, Beo. Th. 5492; B. 2749. III. gently, not harshly:--Ðú sófte wealdest gesceafta, Met. 20, 7. Ðú sófte gedést, ðæt hí ðé selfne gesión móten, 20, 272. IV. without discord:--Gebunden gesiblíce sófte tógædere, Met. 20, 68. V. easily, without opposition:--Ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, ús sceal ord and ecg ǽr geséman, Byrht. Th. 133, 32; By. 59. [O. Sax. sáfto: O. H. Ger. samfto facile.] v. un-sófte. softe

Mots connexes: Softly, gently:--