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单词 sooth
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soothn.

Brit. /suːθ/, U.S. /suθ/
Forms: Old English–Middle English soð, Old English, Middle English soþ (Middle English soh, seoþ, Middle English soiþ, sooþ), Middle English–1500s soth (Middle English sotht), Middle English– sooth; Middle English soðe, Middle English soþe, Middle English–1500s sothe, southe, Middle English–1500s soothe; Scottish (and northern) Middle English–1700s suth (1500s swth), Middle English–1600s suith (1500s soyt, soith, suythe, suitht, 1600s suithe).
Etymology: Old English sóð neuter, = Old Saxon sóđ (compare Old Norse sannr , saðr masculine), < sooth adj.: see sooth adj.
Now archaic.
In common use down to the first half of the 17th cent.; after this apparently obsolete (except perhaps in sense 4c) until revived as a literary archaism, chiefly by Scott and contemporary writers.
I. Without article.
1.
a. Truth, verity. (Cf. sooth adj. 2a.) Also personified.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun]
soothc950
soothOE
rightOE
soothnessc1275
soothness1297
soothshipc1320
soothhead1340
very1382
trotha1387
trutha1391
verity1422
veriment1528
true?1531
trueness1559
veriness1574
reality1604
veracity1664
veridicalness1727
the fact of the matter1808
truthfulness1835
actualité1840
the straight1866
satya1879
straight goods1892
veridicalitya1901
truth value1903
dinky1941
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt., Int. 1/13 Gif..soð [L. veritas] is to soeccenna of monigum.
OE Cynewulf Elene 307 Swa ge modblinde mengan ongunnon lige wið soðe.
OE Beowulf 1700 Se þe soð ond riht fremeð on folce.
a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1091 Se eorl..litel soðes..of heora forewarde onfand.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14208 To flittenn. Fra woh till rihht. fra læs till soþ.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 950 Þe heorte..so uorleost al his lyht Þat ho ne syhþ soþ ne riht.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 36 He louede god..And holi kirke, and soth, ant ricth.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter v. 11 Vndire colour of soth bryngand in falshed.
a1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. II. 577 Wraþþe destruyeþ monnes wit, Whon soþ may not beo seiȝene.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 188 Hit was said oft sythes and for sothe holden.
1594 T. Nashe Christs Teares (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. **3v They shall be prouided for sumptuously, when sooth and verity may walke melancholy in Marke Lane.
1611 T. Heywood Golden Age ii. sig. D4 Simplenesse and sooth The harmlesse Chace, and strict Virginity Is all our practise.
?1875 Ld. Tennyson Holy Grail 709 Was there sooth in Arthur's prophecy?
b. Used as object to the verbs say, speak, or tell; frequently in the parenthetic phrases sooth to say, etc. (Cf. 5b.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun]
soothc950
soothOE
rightOE
soothnessc1275
soothness1297
soothshipc1320
soothhead1340
very1382
trotha1387
trutha1391
verity1422
veriment1528
true?1531
trueness1559
veriness1574
reality1604
veracity1664
veridicalness1727
the fact of the matter1808
truthfulness1835
actualité1840
the straight1866
satya1879
straight goods1892
veridicalitya1901
truth value1903
dinky1941
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth
soothquidec888
soothsawc950
soothOE
righteousnessa1225
certainty1330
truthc1330
trotha1387
verity1533
tell-truth?1556
oracle1569
true1581
round O1605
fact1779
veracity1852
veritability1864
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis
God (it) wot?c1225
goddot?a1289
sooth to sayc1330
truth (also sooth) to tella1375
honestly1819
honest Indian1854
truthfully1854
honest Injun1857
on the level1872
straight1874
honest1876
square dinkum1888
no kidding1901
straight-up1963
(a)
OE Crist III 1306 Ne mæg þurh þæt flæsc se scrift geseon on þære sawle, hwæþer him mon soð þe lyge sagað on hine sylfne, þonne he þa synne bigæð.
c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 300 Ac we heom secgað soð tosoðe.
a1200 Vices & Virtues 9 Me ne net me noht te forsweriȝen, ac soð te seggen of ðan ðe ic am bicleped.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 217 Vle, heo seyde, seye me soþ, hwi dostu þat vnwihtes doþ.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2008 Quoth Ubbe, ‘Bernard, seyst þou soth?’
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 285 Tell me soth And sei the trouthe, if [etc.].
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii My broder, thow sayst soothe, wherfore I thanke the moche.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 7 Ye seyde me soth that my suster set but lytill prise of me.
1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. E3v Say sooth in secret Radagon, Is this thy father?
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 196 I am sure I have said sooth, but whether or no it will be thought so, I cannot tell.
1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant viii, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Or wert thou that just Maid who once before Forsook the hated earth, O tell me sooth.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiv. 261 ‘Thou art speaking but sooth, Rebecca,’ said Isaac.
1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 51/1 So long as I keep to the particular set.., I may speak sooth if the fancy takes me.
(b)c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2206 Tristrem lepe, ywis, Þritti fete, soþ to say.c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 601 He was, I trowe, a twenty wynter oold, And I was fourty, if I shal seye sooth.1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 190 The salt was all the sarar, suth to sayn.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ijv/1 And to saye sooth, they doe not worship God at all.1626 R. Harris Hezekiah's Recov. (1630) 6 To speake sooth, most of us have small reason to glorie in our prayers.1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxvii. 48 And, sooth to tell, He murmured on till morn.1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Introd. 27 The wine was served, and, sooth to say, Insensibly it stole away.1855 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. vii. 323 Sooth to tell, the narrative of the achievements here and there draws largely on our faith.
†c. to come to sooth, to come true, be fulfilled.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (intransitive)] > be fulfilled (of a wish, prophecy, etc.)
to come to sooth1297
to come truea1527
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > prophesy [verb (intransitive)] > of prophecy: be fulfilled
to come to sooth1297
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4831 After seint austines day to soþe come al Þis [prophecy].
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6740 Al to soþe it is icome þat sein dunston gan telle.
†2. Used adverbially in the genitive singular sooths: Of a truth, truly. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 26 Soþes ic secge þe [etc.].
a1240 Ureisun in Old Eng. Hom. I. 185 Nis nan blisse soþes i nan þing þet is utewið þet ne beo to bitter aboht.
a1240 Ureisun in Old Eng. Hom. I. 185 Ȝe soþes.
a1240 Ureisun in Old Eng. Hom. I. 187 Nai soþes, nai. Ne wene hit neuer no mon.
3. In prepositional phrases or constructions having an adverbial force: In truth, truly, really. (See also forsooth adv.)
†a. to (..) sooth. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
OE Beowulf 51 Men ne cunnon secgan to soðe..hwa þæm hlæste onfeng.
c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) cxviii. 144 Syle me ða to soðe, and ic syþþan lifige.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10900 Þatt wass witt tu to fulle soþ. Full fremedd herrsummnesse.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 144 Hwite ȝe to soðe þet [etc.].
c1305 St. Kenelm 277 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 55 Þo þe pope to soþe wiste what was þe tokninge [etc.].
†b. mid or with (..) sooth. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb]
mid or with (‥) soothc888
soothfastlya890
soothfastc950
rightOE
yeaOE
soothlyOE
soothOE
trulyc1225
soothrightc1275
purec1300
verament1303
verily1303
purelyc1325
verimentc1325
indeedc1330
veirec1330
soothfully1340
faithlyc1350
of very (due) right?a1366
leallya1375
amenc1384
in soothnessc1386
verya1387
in certaina1400
truea1400
without(en) wougha1400
in veirec1400
in deedc1405
without famec1430
in veramentc1450
utterlyc1460
veritably1481
veritable1490
voirably1501
seriously1644
quite1736
quite1881
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. x Ne meaht þu no mid soðe getælan þine wyrd.
971 Blickl. Hom. 17 He him gehet his æriste, swa he þa mid soðe gefylde.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 264 Lust hw ich con me bitelle Mid rihte soþe wiþ vte spelle.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1091 To-gædere comen mid soðe..Locrin & Camber.
c. in sooth.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 315 The Mirour scheweth..As he hadde al the world withinne, And is in soth nothing therinne.
1592 T. Lodge Euphues Shadow C 1 b Who so thou be that vertue wilt ensew, More sweete in sooth then show in true releefe.
1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 62 b And to shew this is in sooth, I bite this green wax with my Tooth.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxii. 92 So sings the Teian, and he sings in sooth.
4. In phrases used expletively or parenthetically to strengthen or emphasize an assertion.
a. in (or †to) sooth.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [phrase] > rendering outstanding
in (or to) soothc1300
by my, your, etc.(good) sootha1400
in good or very sooth1577
Heaven knowsa1628
in the name of wonder1629
yes, sir1799
in no uncertain terms1958
c1300 Beket 2118 ‘To Sothe,’ quath this holi man, ‘prest ich am therto’.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxiii. 251 And in soothe, o man allone in this Contree wil ete more in a day, than [etc.].
a1450 Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 78 In sothe too me the matire queynte is; For as too hem i toke none hede.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. K1v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) To deliuer..what he saw meetest to the purpose, and that in sooth with so deliberate..resolution, as [etc.].
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 243 Not yours in good sooth. Hart, you sweare like a comfit-makers wife, not you in good sooth . View more context for this quotation
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 190 But if I haue any skill in South-saying, (as in sooth I have none).
a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle ii. i, in Five New Playes (1653) Ver[mine]. What canst thou be? Phil[lis]. Insooth a Gentlewoman.
1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xxx. 16 In sooth, t'was almost all the shepherd knew.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xv. 38 Or was the gentle page, in sooth, A gentle paramour?
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 176 I've never seen their like, in sooth.
b. in good or very sooth. Also with ellipsis of in.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [phrase] > rendering outstanding
in (or to) soothc1300
by my, your, etc.(good) sootha1400
in good or very sooth1577
Heaven knowsa1628
in the name of wonder1629
yes, sir1799
in no uncertain terms1958
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 132 In good sooth I cannot tell.
1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 220v Know thou my good gossip, how in good sooth this night my hog is stolen awaie.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 135 Good troth you doe mee wrong (good sooth you doe). View more context for this quotation
a1663 R. Sanderson Ad Clerum (1670) 26 Say now I beseech you in good sooth...At whose door lieth the Superstition?
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxi. 41 ‘Now, in good sooth,’ Lord Marmion cried.
a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 6 Or the Dragon had been, in very sooth, No insignificant charmer.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. xi. 227 Good sooth, I know nothing of life.
1873 H. W. Longfellow Emma & Eginhard in Aftermath i. 25 In good sooth, Its mystery is love.
c. by my, your, etc.(good) sooth. Also with ellipsis of by.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [phrase] > rendering outstanding
in (or to) soothc1300
by my, your, etc.(good) sootha1400
in good or very sooth1577
Heaven knowsa1628
in the name of wonder1629
yes, sir1799
in no uncertain terms1958
a1400–50 Alexander 2286 ‘Sirres, by my sothe,’ quod þe segge, ‘Sitiles I hiȝt’.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Biv I trowe by our lady I had ben slayne... By your soth.
1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. H6 By my good sooth.
?1772 Young Coalman's Courtship to Creelwife's Daughter (ed. 3) ii. 6 By my suth it'll be the last thing I'll part wi'.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 194 My sooth! right bauld ye set your nose out.
1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 301 But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee!
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iii. 57 My sooth, they will jump at them in Edinburgh like a cock at a grossart.
II. With article (or pronoun).
5.
a. the sooth, the truth; the real or actual facts, circumstances, etc.Common from c1300 to c1560; now archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > true facts or circumstances
the soothc897
rightOE
trutha1382
the feat ofa1400
verity1422
the whole story1565
fact1578
the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628
bottom fact1864
where it's (he's, she's) at1903
inside1904
dinkum1916
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xlvi. 347 Ne flitað mid eowrum leasungum wið ðæm soðe.
a1000 Solomon & Saturn 182 Wyrs deð se ðe..ðæs soðes ansæceð!
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 71 We shule..no þing seien þere þat les beo and no þing of þe soðe forlete.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 777 Þe south fra ȝow wil I noght hide.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2036 Ðe wite is hise, ðe rigt is hire; God al-migtin ðe soðe shire.
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 75 He goth ful neigh the soth.
c1400 J. Mandeville Trav. (1839) xxi. 224 Natheles the Sothe is this, that [etc.].
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 37 I will knowe the soth, what-so-euer it coste.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. viii. sig. Kii It is yll iestyng on the soothe.
a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. sig. F4 Marke the sooth, and listen the intent.
1616 W. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) vii. 163 How far my accuser is from the sooth in charging me with this imputation.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 235 In his face the sooth they might behold.
b. With the verbs say, speak, tell, etc.; frequently in parenthetic phrases. (Cf. 1b.)
ΚΠ
(a)
a1225 Leg. Kath. 153 Sone se hire sonde com aȝein, & seide hire þe soðe, heo [etc.].
13.. Meditations Lord's Supper 95 The soþe to ȝou y seye, One of ȝow shal me betraye.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3855 Sir, þe soth i wil þe tell.
c1440 Generydes 507 Telle me the sothe.
?1535 M. Coverdale Goostly Psalmes sig. Ovv Though God make the to saye the soth.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 52 Sen thow speiris, I the tell All the suith hale.
1609 J. Skene Treat. in Regiam Majestatem 74 The assisours sal sweir..that they sall the suth say, and na suth conceill.
(b)1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 28 He ligges at Wynchestre, þe soth it is to seie.?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1463 Spryngyng in a marble stone Had nature set, the sothe to telle, Under that pyn tree a welle.c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 897 This day haue we a ful ille afraye, To saie the south and not to lye.a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. i. sig. a.iiv Some in contemplacyon, the sothe to say Some in abstynence [etc.].1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 166 To bee a thyng out of perauentures hard to dooe, yea and (the south to saye) vtterly vnpossible.1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 142 To say the sooth,..My souldiers are with sicknesse much infeebled.1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel Introd. 6 He thought even yet, the sooth to speak, That, if [etc.].
c. Const. of something.
ΚΠ
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 75 Sche tolde unto hir housebonde The sothe of al the hole tale.
1423 Kingis Quair 137 The warld..is so double and inconstant, Off quhich the suth is kid be mony assayes.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1214 Ther the suth may we Knaw of this thing.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 42 Schaw me the suith of this now gif ȝe can?
a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. B4 To scorne the sooth of science with contempt.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 202 The old man doubted not the sooth Of what he said.
†6.
a. A true thing or saying; a truth. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
singular.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13706 Forr þatt he wollde winnenn. Off cristess muþ summ openn soþ. Off hiss goddcunnde mahhte.
c1305 St. Andrew 39 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 99 If þu woldest þat soþe ihure, and if þu riȝt vnderstode.
c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 166 This is a verray sooth withouten glose.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. xliv. 26 Jrous folk..mown not discerne cleerliche a sooth for here trowblede vnderstondinge.
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 112 The hunting of the Witch heere [is] no fabulous apprehension but a good Catholique Sooth.
1609 J. Skene tr. Burrow Lawes in Regiam Majestatem 136 That they sall suth..say, and na suth conceill.
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 18 Dec. (1855) 141 That ilk ane of thame shall the right suithe say and nae suithe conceal.
plur.c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋211 Thou schalt rather..flee fro the swete wordes of flaterers, then fro the egre wordes of thy frend that saith the thi sothes.a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS lv. xxv. 1 Whon alle soþes ben souht and seene.a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 124 To telle hym his sothes & trouthe withoute flaterie.
†b. A certainty of a matter. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > a certainty, fact
soothc1374
certain1377
surety?a1475
probatum1594
experient1605
certaintya1616
factum1641
matter of breviary1694
definite1726
fixity1817
a settled thing (or matter)1819
monty1894
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1295 Thorugh whiche thow shalt wel bryngen it aboute To knowe a soth of that thow ert in doute.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1309.
†c. A proverb or adage. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun]
byspelc1000
bywordc1050
forbysena1250
riotc1330
proverbc1375
sayingc1390
paroemia1550
nayworda1616
diverb1624
proverbial1645
sooth1655
proverbialism1830
1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 45 Hedges have ears, saith the old Sooth.
†7. Soothsaying; prognostication. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun]
spaeing?a1505
soothsaying1535
sooth1579
fatiloquy1623
ariolation1646
hariolating1655
hariolation1656
spae-craft1724
spae-work1815
soothsay1831
Sibyllism1875
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Dec. 87 Tryed time yet taught me greater thinges..: The soothe of byrds by beating of their wings.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 57 Post to this prophetesse, let her help and sooth be required.
III. Associated with senses of the verb soothe v.
†8. Blandishment, flattery; a smooth or plausible word or speech. Also personified. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun]
fickling?c1225
flattering?c1225
oluhningc1225
glozec1290
glozing1297
losengery1303
blandishingc1305
blandingc1315
flatteryc1320
glotheringc1325
soothinga1400
honey word?1406
faginga1425
flatrisec1440
smekingc1440
blandishc1475
blandiment?1510
glavering1545
coggingc1555
good1563
milksop1577
court holy water1583
glavery1583
blandishment1591
lipsalve1591
court holy bread1592
flatter1593
colloguing1596
sooth1597
daub?1602
blandation1605
lullaby1611
court-water1616
butter1618
blandiloquy1623
oil1645
court-element1649
courtshipment1649
courtship1655
blandiloquence1656
court-creama1657
daubing1656
fleecha1700
Spanish money1699
cajole1719
whiting1721
palaver1733
butter boat1747
flummery1749
treacle1771
Spanish coin1785
blancmange1790
blarney1796
soft corn1814
whillywha1816
carney1818
buttering up1819
soft soap1821
flam1825
slaver1825
soft solder1836
soothing syrup1839
soft-soaping1840
plámás1853
sawder1854
soap1854
salve1859
taffy1878
plámásing1897
flannel1927
smarm1937
flannelling1945
sweet talk1945
schmear1950
smarming1950
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 135 That ere this tong of mine That laid the sentence of dread banishment On yon prowde man should take it off againe With words of sooth ! View more context for this quotation
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles ii. 49 When signior sooth here does proclaime peace, He flatters you, makes warre vpon your life. View more context for this quotation
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne v. ii, in Wks. I. 590 With a sooth or two more I had effected it. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

soothadj.

Brit. /suːθ/, U.S. /suθ/
Forms: Old English–Middle English soð (Middle English sod), Old English, Middle English soþ (Middle English soh, Middle English soiþ, zoþ), Middle English sooþ; Middle English soth, Middle English–1600s, 1800s– sooth (Middle English south); Middle English soþe ( seohðe, Middle English zoþe), Middle English–1500s sothe; Scottish and northernMiddle English–1500s suth(e, Middle English–1500s suith (1500s soith), suythe, 1500s swth.
Etymology: Old English sóð, sóþ, = Old Saxon sóđ, Old Norse sannr, saðr (Swedish sann, Danish sand) < *sǫnþ- (pre-Germanic sont-), related by ablaut to Gothic sunjis true, sunja truth, and Sanskrit satyas true, real.
Now archaic.
After the first half of the 17th cent. only as a literary archaism, chiefly introduced by Scott and his contemporaries (cf. the note to sooth n.).
†1. True, veritable, real, genuine:
a. Of things or qualities. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real
soothc888
soothlyc888
soothfastc1175
germanec1384
truea1398
sickera1400
upright?a1500
uncounterfeita1542
righteous1543
legitimate1551
truepennya1556
arrant1570
uncounterfeited1571
real1573
current1578
genuinal1599
unforged1610
unpretended1611
legitime1614
unabusinga1628
Lubish1632
genuine1639
undissembled1651
undissimulate1652
ingenuine1661
infallacious1677
real live1684
unfalsified1688
unmistaken1694
pukka1776
undissimulated1776
unassumed1818
uncynical1824
Simon Pure1834
sure-enough1837
unsimulated1840
straight-out1848
true blue1852
veritable1862
really (and) truly1864
authentic1868
true-metal1868
kosher1896
twenty-four carat1900
honest to goodness1905
echt1916
dinky-di1918
McCoy1928
twenty-two carat1962
right1969
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. vii. §3 Ælc soþ wela and soþ weorþscipe sindan mine agne þeowas.
971 Blick. Hom. 25 Mid ælmes-weorcum, & mid soþre hreowe.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. (Rolls) I. 376 Þis is soð læcæcræft.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 191 Swo doð þe werse, þenne he auint mannes heorte emti of rihte bileue and of soðere luue.
c1275 Moral Ode 362 in Old Eng. Misc. He is soþ sunne and briht and day bute nyhte.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1264 Vor siker þis is þe soþe wei wiþ oute eni mis-wrenche.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 12 In zoþ & guode byleaue.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 126 He his to-delþ..be uour þinges þet zoþ loue makeþ.
†b. Of persons, esp. of the Deity. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > truly entitled to the name
soothc950
soothfasta1250
veryc1250
veryc1450
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John vii. 40 [Hia] cuoedon ðes is soð uitga.
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xvii. 3 Ðas..is uutudlice ece lif þætte on~geattað ðec enne soð god.
971 Blickl. Hom. 33 He wæs soþ man,..swylce he wæs soþ God.
a1200 Vices & Virtues 25 Fader & sune & hali gast is an soþ almihti godd.
c1320 Cast. Love 648 Ysayȝe..clepede him wonderful for þon, Þat he is soþ God and soþ mon.
2. True; in accordance with truth; not false or fictitious:
a. In predicative use.Not always clearly distinguishable from sooth n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective]
soothc825
soothlyc888
soothfastc950
rightOE
lealc1330
verilya1340
veryc1386
truea1398
soothfulc1400
real1440
vray1460
trothlike1544
of verityc1550
verimenta1592
correct1705
truthful1781
truthy1848
unillusory1853
straight-up1910
c825 Vesp. Psalter xviii. 10 Domas godes [sind] soðe.
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxviii. §2 Ic eom geþafa þæt þæt is soð þæt ðu ær sædest.
971 Blickl. Hom. 53 Soþ is þæt ic eow secgge.
c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. F) ann. 995 Ealla þa wisuste menn..þa cuðan Þat soðuste seggan [etc.].
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 55 Þet is al soð ful iwis.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 3 Louerd, he seide, ȝif it is soth þat þou man and god beo.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2842 He nam so forð; soð it is.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 14 For, god wot, thing is neuer the lasse sooth, Thogh euery wight ne may it nat y-see.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 482 Ȝyf hyt be soth þat þou conez saye.
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 211 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 305 A schort worde is comynly sothe Þat fyrst slydes fro monnes tothe.
?a1500 Chester Pl. xi. 70 Therfore, as it was a-misse, I haue written that souther is.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 11 Thay ar richt suith, and ar of sentence fow.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. v. 38 If thy speech be sooth . View more context for this quotation
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 260 Wee shall find all this to be sooth, and full of order.
1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. x. 154 I have a tale thou hast not dreamed, If sooth— its truth must others rue.
1840 A. Strickland Lives Queens of England (1864) I. 160 The kings knew her words to be sooth.
1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 59 The ancient one of the sea, whose speech is sooth.
phr.c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 23 As soth as God is king.a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxiii. 796 To seke men is ȝiue þorwh þe An hele, soþ as gospelle.c1440 Partonope 153 And that hit were as sothe as gospell.
b. In attributive use.
ΚΠ
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2322 Sonden commen bi-twenen þe soðe [c1300 Otho soþ] word me seiden.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 17 Cristene men ogen ben so fagen..Ðan man hem telled soðe tale.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 12146 Quarfor þan wil ȝe noght trow, Sother þinges þat i tell ȝu?
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 118 The contrair is the suth opynioun.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 9 And suth thyngis that ar likand Tyll mannys heryng, ar plesand.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 325/1 Sothe, trewe, veritable.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11 Sothe stories ben stoken vp, & straught out of mind.
1847 M. Howitt Ballads 238 This book which I had from thee contains the soothest lore.
a1869 C. Spence From Braes of Carse (1898) 137 The following tale Shall stand a witness, sooth and leal.
proverbial.1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. viii. sig. Kii Soth bourd is no bourd, in ought that myrth dooth.1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶vj As the old saying is, (sooth boord is no boord).1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 3.
3. Of persons, etc.: Telling or speaking the truth; truthful. Also const. in (speech, etc.), of (one's word).For the Middle English phr. soð cnawes beon see knows adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective]
soothfastc825
soothsaȝelc900
trueOE
unlighela1200
sootha1250
un-i-lowec1380
textualc1386
veritable1489
truthful1568
troth telling1579
veridical1653
verificala1660
of veracity1671
veriloquous1672
veraciousa1677
unfabling1797
veridicous1817
falsehood-free1850
trothful1861
veridic1895
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 698 Vor Alured seyde þat wel cuþe, Euer he spak mid soþe muþe.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 24078 Fair he was and fre, mi child, Soth in speche, in maner mild.
c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 13 Pitous and Iust, and ever-more y-liche, Sooth of his word, benigne and honurable.
a1568 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems i. 13 I haif hard oft-tymis suith men say.
1637 J. Milton Comus 28 Melibæus..,The soothest shepheard that ere pipe't on plains.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 37 Hoar-headed Damon,..soothest shepherd of the flow'ry vale.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 29 Announced by prophet sooth and old.
1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 14 I ken a sooth face from a leeing ane.
4. poetic. Soothing, soft; smooth.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > free from lumps
smoothc1450
sooth1819
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adjective] > giving consolation or relief
comfortable1377
comforting1382
easefulc1425
solaciousc1450
unctious1477
consolativea1492
consolatorya1500
comfortful1552
recomfortable1581
cordial1584
relieving1597
comfortizing1600
balmya1616
lenifying1617
consolating?1650
easinga1665
balsamic1667
relief-ful1699
consolinga1704
assuasive1713
solacing1721
soothing1746
consolate1748
reassuring1753
alleviative1770
cheering1796
assuaging1801
sooth1819
paramuthetic1854
soothful1886
1819 J. Keats To Sleep 5 O soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close In midst of this thine hymn my willing eyes.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 98 A heap Of candied apple..; With jellies soother than the creamy curd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

soothadv.

Brit. /suːθ/, U.S. /suθ/
Forms: Old English soðe, soþe, Middle English sothe; Middle English soþ, Middle English soth, Middle English sooþ, Scottish suth, 1500s–1600s, 1800s sooth.
Etymology: Old English sóðe , sóþe , < sooth adj.: see sooth adj.
Now archaic and rare.
a. Truly; truthfully; in truth.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb]
mid or with (‥) soothc888
soothfastlya890
soothfastc950
rightOE
yeaOE
soothlyOE
soothOE
trulyc1225
soothrightc1275
purec1300
verament1303
verily1303
purelyc1325
verimentc1325
indeedc1330
veirec1330
soothfully1340
faithlyc1350
of very (due) right?a1366
leallya1375
amenc1384
in soothnessc1386
verya1387
in certaina1400
truea1400
without(en) wougha1400
in veirec1400
in deedc1405
without famec1430
in veramentc1450
utterlyc1460
veritably1481
veritable1490
voirably1501
seriously1644
quite1736
quite1881
OE Beowulf 524 Beot eal wið þe sunu Beanstanes soðe gelæste.
c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) cxviii. 15 Swa ic þine soðfæstnysse soðe getreowe.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19729 Forr þi seȝȝdenn þeȝȝ full soþ Þatt crist [etc.].
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18591 Vss wrat & seȝȝde sikerr soþ. Iohan þe goddspellwrihhte. Þatt [etc.].
c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 174 Thou schalt say soth thin othes, and not lye.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14529 Cayphas spak þus in his spa,..And said wel sother þan he wist.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 293 And so he told..Quhilk hapnyt suth in mony diuers cace.
b. Used interjectionally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > in truth [interjection]
by (formerly also upon) my truthc1330
i'faitha1375
sootha1400
truth1534
good faitha1566
trotha1616
n'est-ce pas1854
nicht wahr1871
the straight1900
verdad1969
the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > certainly, truly, assuredly [interjection]
pardiec1300
perfayc1300
sootha1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7739 ‘Es þat,’ he said, ‘mi sun daui?’ ‘Ya, soth,’ said dauid, ‘it es i’.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvii. xvi. 712 Sothe, sayd he, I am hole of body, thanked be our lord.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Dd8 And sooth, men say that he was not the sonne Of mortall Syre.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. i. 9 An. Let me yet know of you, whither you are bound. Seb. No sooth sir. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 53 Oth. Went he hence now? Des. I [= Ay] sooth.
1834 J. G. Whittier Mogg Megone i. 400 And sooth, 'T were Christian mercy to finish him.
1872 K. H. Digby Ouranogaia I. xii. 264 And, sooth, the company that take this way No man or woman can for aye admire.
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