单词 | soothfast |
释义 | soothfastadj.adv. Now archaic. A. adj.Except in Sc. legal use, the word appears to have been obsolete from the beginning of the 17th cent. until its revival by Scott. 1. a. Of persons: Speaking or adhering to the truth; veracious, truthful; true, faithful, loyal. 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 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective] soothfastc825 truefastOE i-treowec1000 unfakenOE trueOE sickerc1100 trigc1175 strustya1250 steel to the (very) backa1300 true as steela1300 certainc1325 well-provedc1325 surec1330 traistc1330 tristc1330 trustya1350 faithfula1382 veryc1385 sada1387 discreet1387 trust1389 trothfulc1390 tristya1400 proveda1425 good-heartedc1425 well-trusted?a1439 tristfulc1440 authorizablea1475 faithworthy?1526 tentik1534 fidele1539 truthfulc1550 suresby1553 responsible1558 trestc1560 reliable1569 cocksurea1575 sound1581 trustful1582 truepenny1589 true (also good, sure) as touch1590 probable1596 confident1605 trustable1606 axiopistical1611 loyala1616 reposeful1627 confiding1645 fiducial1647 laudable1664 safe1667 accountable1683 serious1693 sponsible1721 dependable1730 unfailing1798 truthya1802 trustworthy1829 all right1841 stand-up1841 falsehood-free1850 right1856 proven1872 bankable1891 secure1954 c825 Vesp. Psalter lxxxv. 15 Swiðe mildheort & soðfest. 971 Blickl. Hom. 187 Þes man is soþfæst & soþsecgende. OE Crist I 302 Eac we þæt gefrugnon, þæt gefyrn bi þe soðfæst sægde sum woðbora in ealddagum, Esaias. c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. D) ann. 1065 Her Eadward cing..sende soðfeste saule to Kriste. 1124 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1124 Fela soðfeste men sæidon þæt þær wæron manege..gespilde. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3258 He wes swiðe soð-fest [c1300 Otho sohfast] and swiðe wel iðæwed. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 135 Whar-for ilk man..Suld..knaw..How rightwes God es, and how sothefast. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10189 Was neuer..Nan tholmoder in chastite,..Ne nan soth-faster þan was he. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 69 Ȝe schuld..be symple, meke and sothfast. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 465/2 Sothefast mann or womann, verax. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 115 Quhill I hard tell be mony suthfast wy, Fle wald ane abbot vp in to the sky. 1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Gvi Loue ye one an other with a soothfast hart. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 1109 Christ..is called true or soothfast, because he only teacheth vs true, certeine,..& infallible things. 1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice in Wks. (Grosart) II. 36/2 I..weepe for what I want; that is, thy Grace, and Loue. Then, as thou art still soothfast, grant them me. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 271 Edie was ken'd to me..for a true, loyal, and soothfast man. 1857 R. W. Emerson Poems 79 Here am I, here will I abide Forever to myself sooth-fast. ΚΠ c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 103 Þat he be sothfast of wordes. 1422 Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 211 He sholde bene Sothefaste in worde and dedd. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Tresilian f. iiiv Abandon all affray, be soothfast in your sawes. 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Qvij I know..that he [sc. God] is soothfast of promise. 2. a. In accordance or conformity with the truth; true, veracious; †just, equitable. 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 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 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > of statement: agreeing with reality soothlyc888 soothfastc950 truea1250 very1303 strait1340 honesta1400 soothfulc1400 precisec1443 veritable1474 just1490 perfect1523 faithful1529 sincere1555 unmangled1557 truthful?1567 neat1571 oraculous1612 punctual1620 oracular1631 unvamped1639 strict1645 unembroidered1649 ungarbled1721 unexaggerated1770 veracious1777 unfictitious1835 unexaggeratinga1854 uncooked1860 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John v. 30 Dom min soðfæst is. c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) lxviii. 28 Hi on þin soðfæst weorc [L. in justitiam tuam] syþþan ne gangan. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 32 Nu biddeð Laȝamon alcne æðele mon..þat he þeos soðfeste [c1300 Otho soþfast] word segge to-sumne. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxxiii. 82 Shewynge by quyck reson that theyr seynge is sad and sothfast. 1481 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 39 In defawte of soothfast knowlage. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 3 Than suld storys that suthfast wer..Hawe doubill plesance in heryng. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. i. 174 Scho wes constrenit to schaw all suthfast thingis. 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Blacke Smyth sig. B b.iv It was a southfast sentence long agoe, That hastye men shal never lacke much woe. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 57v Thus many yeares were spent with good and soothfast life. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii*, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 179 Soothfast tidings had assured him that this nobleman was..to honour his castle at one in the afternoon. 1829 A. Cunningham Magic Bridle in Anniversary 136 I'll tell a tale. List, ye who glory In truth, and love a soothfast story. b. Of an oath or evidence. Chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] > frank, candid > of oath, evidence soothfasta1400 unforsworn1636 unperjured1638 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6848 Bi fals godds suer yee nan, Athes noiþer sothfast ne man. 1481 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 39 It is meritable to bere wittenes and suthfast record in any cause. 1502 Mackintosh Muniments (1903) 8 Meritable it is to beir leill and suithfast witnessing to the merite. 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 198 To beir leill and suithfast witnessing in sa fer as thai knaw or shalbe sperit at thame. 1666 Proclamation in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1830) II. 6 To bear leel and soothfast witnessing, in so far as they know, or shall be spiered at them. 1732 J. Louthian Form of Process (1752) 42 [as in prec.]. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 72 Why do not you step forward, and bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf? ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > reliability > [adjective] sickerc1100 very1303 certainc1325 trustyc1390 soothfasta1400 surea1400 unfailingc1400 unfailablea1525 unfallible1529 infailable1561 reliable1569 cocksurea1575 faithful1611 infalliblea1616 well-proven1639 unfallida1641 indefailable1693 securea1729 pukka1776 a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxxii. 388 Þen schaltou haue soþfast knowyng, To knowe þi lord in whom is al. a1400 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xlii This is a syker felynge & a sothfast. 1593 T. Lodge Complaynt Elstred I 2 b So wiser heads that knew the scourge of warre, Sought sooth-fast meanes to mittigate the iarre. a. Truly or actually that which the name implies; true, real, veritable, very. Said esp. of God or of the Persons of the Trinity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > truly entitled to the name soothc950 soothfasta1250 veryc1250 veryc1450 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named > of persons, the deity rightOE soothfasta1250 veryc1250 veryc1450 veritable1649 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 11 Almihti god feder & sune & soðfest holi gost. c1250 in Old Eng. Misc. 27 Be þet hi offrede gold, þet is cuuenable yeftte to kinge, seawede þet he was soth~fast kink. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8656 For als he es, þai salle him se þan, Sothfast God, and sothfast man. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 25 She that was sothfaste croppe, and moore, Of al his lust or joyes here tofore. c1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 47 In þe sooþfast sunne closid it was. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 21 Mony was jn that tyme callit papis, and was nocht suthefast. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi I swere be suthfast god that settis all on sevin. 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 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 57 Mid al þis haue þu charite, and soðfeste leaue and trowðe lef. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2659 Tatt wass wiss soþfasst mecleȝȝc. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1572 Forr soþfasst lufe bærneþþ aȝȝ. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 217 Sobrete, and symple speche and sothfaste byleue. B. adv. Soothfastly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] without(en, but leasec888 soothfastlya890 soothfasta1300 aefauldly1472 truthly1490 gospelly1596 sincerely1597 honest1654 sacredly1706 rightly1786 veraciously1807 truthfully1828 veridically1832 unfallaciously1852 honest-like1899 salva veritate1930 a1300 Cursor Mundi 22926 All þe flexs þat was o þe man Sothfast sal be raised þan. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26961 Þe xv. point hit is þe laste, þat þi shrift be made soþ-faste. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 24 I care not if the pomps you show Be what they soothfast appear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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