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sóþe

  • adverb
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sóþe, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
truly, genuinely, really
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  • Ic mé sóðe sáwle míne tó Gode hæfde georne geþeóded,

    • Ps. Th. 61, 5
      • .

  • Mín sáwl on ðé sóðe getreóweþ,

    • 62, 7
      • :
    • 118, 15
      • .

  • Is on sibbe his stów sóþe behealden,

    • 75, 2
      • .
truly, in accordance with the facts of a case
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  • Ic eów sóðe secgan wille, ðæt. . . ,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 915
      • ;
    • An. 458
      • .

  • Word sóðe gebunden

    (the facts were truly told in the poem),
    • Beo. Th. 1746
      • ;
    • B. 871
      • .

  • Hí sóðe ne ongeáton

    they did not rightly understand,

    • Ps. Th. 73, 5
      • .
truly, in accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast
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  • Ic ða wǽre forð sóðe gelǽste, ðe ic ðé sealde,

    • Cd. Th. 139, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 2308
      • :
    • 142, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 2365
      • .

  • Beót eal wið ðé hé sóðe gelǽste,

    • Beo. Th. 1053
      • ;
    • B. 524
      • .

  • Sceolde wítedóm in him sylfum beón sóðe gefylled,

    • Exon. Th. 14, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 213
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sóþe.” 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/28348.

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  • sóþe, adv.

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