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sóþ-fæst

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sóþ-fæst, adj.
true, without deception
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  • Ðes man is sóþfæst, ac git sindon bigswicon,

      Blickl. Homl. 187, 29.
true in deed, just, righteous, pious, without wickedness
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  • Sóðfæst

    justus,

      Ps. Th. 114, 5: 57, 9: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 19: Rtl. 102, 15.

  • Sóðfæst sunu, ðam wæs Seth noma,

      Cd. Th. 67, 25; Gen. 1106.

  • Sóþfæst eart ðú,

    Drihten, and rihte syndon ðíne dómas, Blickl. Homl. 89, 6.

  • Ánra gehwylc, sóðfæst ge synnig,

      Exon. Th. 233, 11; Ph. 523.

  • Hwylc séceþ ðæt ðe sóðfæst biþ

    misericordiam et veritatem quis requiret ?

      Ps. Th. 60, 6.

  • Se ðe onfóes ðone sóðfæst (

    justum) in noma sóðfæstes (justi ),

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 41.

  • Hí on ðín sóðfæst weorc (

    in justitiam tuam

    ) ne gangan,
      Ps. Th. 68, 28: 70, 14, 20, 22.

  • Ðín sóðfæst word

    justificationes tuas,

      118, 20.

  • Hé gecýþde ðæt sóþfæste men habbaþ mid him þeófas and synfulle men,

      Blickl. Homl. 75, 27.

  • Hit (

    the law

    ) sóðfæste siððan heóldon godfyrhte guman,
      Andr. Kmbl. 3026; An. 1516.

  • Ðú eart seó séfte ræst sóþfæstra

    tu requies tranquilla piis,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 34: Blickl. Homl. 131, 23.

  • Yfele geréfan ða ðe rihte dómas sóþfæstra manna onwendaþ,

      61, 27.

  • On ða swíþran healfe Drihtnes mid sóþfæstum sáwlum,

      95, 22.

  • Mon mid gódum and sóþfæstum dǽdum geearnige him ða écean ræste,

      101, 26.

  • Þurh sóþfæste dǽda and þurh mildheortnesse weorc,

      97, 2.

  • Ne cwom ic tó ceigenne sóðfæsto (

    justos

    ) ah synfullo,
      Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 17.
true in speech, veracious
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  • Sóðfæst

    verax,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 17: Mt. Kmbl. 22, 16: Mk. Skt. 12, 14: Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, 33: Ps. Th. 85, 14.

  • Gefyrn sóðfæst sægde sum wóðbora,

      Esaias, Exon. Th. 19, 17; Cri. 302.

  • Cwom Daniel snotor and sóðfæst,

      Cd. Th. 225, 8; Dan. 151.

  • Sóðfæst word

    verbum veritatis,

      Ps. Th. 118, 43.

  • Sangere hé (

    David

    ) wæs sóðfæstest,
      Ps. C. 50, 6.
Etymology
[O. Sax. sóð-fast.]
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v. un-sóþfæst.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sóþ-fæst.” 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/28351.

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