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单词 soothfast
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soothfastadj.adv.

/ˈsuːθfɑːst//ˈsuːθfast/
Etymology: Old English sóð- , sóþfæst : see sooth n. and fast adj.
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.
absolute.c825 Lorica Prayer in Old Eng. Texts 174 Ðec alle soðfeste fore-ðingiað.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 17459 And soþfaste whenne fals is fled Holdeþ forþ his owne sted.1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd i. 29 Thou shalt know indeed..why the liar gains in a day what the soothfast strives for late.
b. Const. in or of (word, etc.). Obsolete.
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?
c. Reliable, certain, sure. Obsolete.
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.
3.
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.
b. Of qualities, etc. 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
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.
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