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sóþlíce

  • adverb
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Grammar
sóþlíce, as adv.
Truly, really, certainly, verily
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  • Sóðlíce ðú eart Godes sunu

    vere filius Dei es,

      Mt. Kmbl. 14, 33: 27, 54.

  • Sóðlíce ic secge eów

    amen dico vobis,

      6, 16 (and often).
    Ðám ðe sóðlíce sécaþ Dryhten, Ps. Th. 104, 3.

  • Ðis wæs sóðlíce eádig wer

    vere beatus vir,

      Blickl. Homl. 223, 31.

  • Ðú bist sóþlíce ǽr þrím dagum genumen of ðínum líchoman

    certainly before three days thou wilt be taken from the body,

      137, 25.

  • Is sóðlíce se cwide gefylled,

      139, 27.

  • Swýþe sóþlíce (

    with great truth

    ) wé mágon geþencan, ðæt hit biþ deáþes ylding swíðor ðonne lífes,
      59, 31.

  • Ic sóðlíce meahte ongitan,

      Exon. Th. 313, 24; Mód. 5.

  • Se ðe ðé ðyslíce gife and swá mycle sóþlíce (-re, MS.) ðé tó*-*wearde forecwyþ

    is qui tanta taliaque dona veraciter adventura praedixerit,

      Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 13: Exon. Th. 9, 19; Cri. 137.

  • Weras ða ðe eówre ǽ on ferhðsefan fyrmest hæbben, ða mé sóðlíce secgan cunnon,

      Elen. Kmbl. 633; El. 317: Beo. Th. 284; B. 141.

  • Hí ðý sóðlícor ongeáton ðæt hit wæs sóðlíce his ágen líchoma,

      Shrn. 68, 33.

  • Ic sóðlícost wéne,

      164, 28.
as conj. Now, then, for; representing Latin autem, ecce, enim, ergo, nam, vero
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  • Sóðlíce losep hyre wer Joseph autem vir ejus, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 19 (and often). Sóðlíce seó fǽmne hæfþ on in*-*noðe

    ecce virgo in utero habebit,

      1, 23: 2, 9: 3, 17.

  • Sóðlíce wé gesáwon hys steorran, vidimus enim stellam ejus, 2, 2: 3, 1: 4, 18 (and often). Gehýre gé sóðlíce ðæs sáwendan bigspell

    vos ergo audite parabolam seminantis,

      13, 18.

  • Sóðlíce ic eom man under anwealde gesett

    nam et ego homo sum sub potestate,

      8, 9.

  • Sóðlíce ðæt ðe ásáwen wæs on ðæt góde land

    qui vero in terra bona seminatus est,

      13, 23, 29.
Etymology
[O. Sax. sóðlíko: Icel. sannliga.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sóþlíce.” 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/28359.

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