Ge-sóþian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-sóþian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-sóþian
- Add: I. to prove the truth of a. statement, charge, &c. :-- Gif hé gewyrce ꝥ man hine áfylle þurh ꝥ þe hé ongeán riht geanbyrde, gif man ꝥ gesóðige (gesóðian mæge, licge ǽgilde, Ll. Th. i. 404, 13. I a. gesóþian on ánum to convict a person of something. Cf. Icel. sanna á einum :-- Gif se Englisca beclypað Frenciscne mid útlagan þingan, and wille hit on him gesóþian (super eum inveritare), Ll. Th. i. 489, 23. Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe, 324, 18. II. to attest, bear witness to :-- Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse, Nap. 32, 3. v. ge-séþan- ge-soþian