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sóþ

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Grammar
sóþ, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§61; §426;
Sooth, very, true.
the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or
has the appearance of, genuine, real
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  • Ðæt hí oncnáwon ðæt ðú eart án sóþ God

    ut cognoscant te solum Deum verum,

      Jn. Skt. 17, 3.

  • Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol costian, swylce hé wæs sóþ God, ðý him englas þegnedon,

      Blickl. Homl. 33, 33.

  • Ðes is sóð wítega,

      Jn. Skt. 7, 40.

  • Sóð leóht wæs

    erat lux vera,

      1, 9: 15, 1.

  • Ǽlc sóþ wela and sóþ weorþscipe sindon míne ágne þeówas,

      Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 15.

  • Ðis is sóð lǽcæcræft,

      Lchdm. i. 376, 8.

  • Se sóþa boda ðæs heán leóhtes Agustinus,

      Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 31.

  • Ðæt hig geleornigen in ðæs gewinnes onlícnesse ðæt hig hiom eft nánwiht ondrǽdon in ðæs sóðan gewinnes gefiohte,

      Shrn. 35, 17.

  • Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid sóþre hreówe,

      Blickl. Homl. 25, 17: 171, 12.

  • Tó ðon sóþan andgite geeyrran,

      107, 15.

  • Ðæt wé sóþe sibbe heóldan,

      109, 15.

  • Se ðe his godcundnesse mid sóþum wísum gerýmeþ,

      179, 24.
true, in conformity with the actual state of things
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  • Mín gewitnes is sóþ,

      Jn. Skt. 8, 14: 19, 35.

  • Ic eom geþafa ðæt ðæt is sóþ ðæt ðú ǽr sǽdest,

      Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 16.

  • Sóþ is ðæt ic eów secgge,

      Blickl. Homl. 53, 2.

  • Hé þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre

    he thought in himself what there was of it true,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545.

  • Fela spella him sǽdon ðaBeormas . . . ac hé nyste hwæt ðæs sóþes wæs,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 33.

  • Ealle ða word sind sóþe ðe Paulus sægþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 187, 2.

  • Wite gé tó sóðum þingum

    scito ergo,

      Deut. 9, 6.

  • Ic secge eów tó sóðum,

      8, 19: Mt. Kmbl. 5, 32.

  • Nis nán þing sóþre ðonne ðæt ðú segst,

      Bt. 26, 1; Fox 92, 12: 34, 4; Fox 138, 25.

  • Hig biddan God ðæt hé ðæt sóðeste geswytelie,

      L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30.
true, righteous, just
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  • Ðæt ic sóðne dóm healde

    custodire judicia justitiae tuae,

      Ps. Th. 118, 106.

  • Sí ðín seó swíðre hand ofer sóðne wer

    fiat manus tua super virum dexterae tuae,

      79, 16.

  • Ða ðe wyllaþ sóðe dómas efnan

    qui custodiunt judicium,

      105, 3.
Etymology
[O. Sax. sóð: Icel. sannr, saðr. Cf. Lat. -sent in prae-sent.]
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v. un-sóþ, and preceding word.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sóþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28341.

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