† sooth-comb. form
representing the adjective or noun in various obsolete combinations.
soothhead n. truth, verity.
ΘΠ
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
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 105 Þet uerste word ous sseweþ þe langnesse of his eurebleuinge;..þe þridde: þe dyepnesse of his zoþhede.
soothquide n. a true word or saying, a truth; a proverb.
ΘΠ
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
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. §3 Sona swa hit forlæt soðcwidas, swa folgaþ hit leasspellunga.
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John x. 6 Ðis soðcuido vel gedd cuæð ðæm se hælend.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4749 Þa cnihtes..cudden him soð quides [c1300 Otho wordes soþe] from Claudien þæn kæisere.
soothright adv. (also soothrights) truly, verily.
ΘΠ
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
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 13470 Ich wolle telle ou soþrihtes.
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 19068 Nas þar na more sohriht bote þat hit was day-liht.
soothsaȝel adj. truthful, veracious.
ΘΠ
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
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. xvii. 206 Ic, swa swa soðsagal stærwritere [etc.].
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 131 Un-liȝel man selde liȝeð, and soð~saȝel man seið ofte soð.
soothship n. truth.
ΘΠ
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
c1320 Cast. Love 1020 Ȝif he lyueþ in loue and in boxumnesse, In soþschupe and in rihtwysnes.
soothsinger n. (see quot. 1652).
Π
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 24 Who is an Inchanter? A Sooth-singer, by canting numbers: or a Sooth-sayer, by calculating numbers.
soothtell adj. soothsaying.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [adjective]
soothsaying1550
soothtell1582
Chaldaic1662
Chaldaical1678
Chalday1678
Chaldean1732
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 75 Now sothtel Apollo..A menacing message..vttred.
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