Sóþ

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sóþ

adj. Sooth, very, true. I. the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real:--Ðæt hí oncnáwon ðæt ðú eart án sóþ God ut cognoscant te solum Deum verum, Jn. Skt. 17, 3. Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol costian, swylce hé wæs sóþ God, ðý him englas þegnedon, Blickl. Homl. 33, 33. Ðes is sóð wítega, Jn. Skt. 7, 40. Sóð leóht wæs erat lux vera, 1, 9: 15, 1. Ǽlc sóþ wela and sóþ weorþscipe sindon míne ágne þeówas, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 15. Ðis is sóð lǽcæcræft, Lchdm. i. 376, 8. Se sóþa boda ðæs heán leóhtes Agustinus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 31. Ðæt hig geleornigen in ðæs gewinnes onlícnesse ðæt hig hiom eft nánwiht ondrǽdon in ðæs sóðan gewinnes gefiohte, Shrn. 35, 17. Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid sóþre hreówe, Blickl. Homl. 25, 17: 171, 12. Tó ðon sóþan andgite geeyrran, 107, 15. Ðæt wé sóþe sibbe heóldan, 109, 15. Se ðe his godcundnesse mid sóþum wísum gerýmeþ, 179, 24. II. true, in conformity with the actual state of things:--Mín gewitnes is sóþ, Jn. Skt. 8, 14: 19, 35. Ic eom geþafa ðæt ðæt is sóþ ðæt ðú ǽr sǽdest, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 16. Sóþ is ðæt ic eów secgge, Blickl. Homl. 53, 2. Hé þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre he thought in himself what there was of it true, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545. Fela spella him sǽdon ðaBeormas . . . ac hé nyste hwæt ðæs sóþes wæs, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 33. Ealle ða word sind sóþe ðe Paulus sægþ, Blickl. Homl. 187, 2. Wite gé tó sóðum þingum scito ergo, Deut. 9, 6. Ic secge eów tó sóðum, 8, 19: Mt. Kmbl. 5, 32. Nis nán þing sóþre ðonne ðæt ðú segst, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 92, 12: 34, 4; Fox 138, 25. Hig biddan God ðæt hé ðæt sóðeste geswytelie, L. Ath. iIII. true, righteous, just:--Ðæt ic sóðne dóm healde custodire judicia justitiae tuae, Ps. Th. 118, 106. Sí ðín seó swíðre hand ofer sóðne wer fiat manus tua super virum dexterae tuae, 79, 16. Ða ðe wyllaþ sóðe dómas efnan qui custodiunt judicium, 105, 3. [O. Sax. sóð: Icel. sannr, saðr. Cf. Lat. -sent in prae-sent.] v. un-sóþ, and preceding word. soþ

Parole correlate: 7; Th. i. 226, 30.