Old English · adjective
soþ
Normalised sōþ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /soːθ/
- Syllables
- soːθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- soothrealtruetruth
soþ1 · adjective
Senses
-
true, real
Hē þancode þā god eallra his gōdnyssa, þæt hē hine ġesċylde wiþ þone swicolan deofol and him siġe forġēaf þurh sōþne ġelēafan.
Then he thanked God for all of his good deeds, that He protected him against the treacherous devil and gave him victory through the true faith.
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sōþ | sōþ | sōþ |
| Accusative | sōþne | sōþe | sōþ |
| Genitive | sōþes | sōþre | sōþes |
| Dative | sōþum | sōþre | sōþum |
| Instrumental | sōþe | sōþre | sōþe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sōþe | sōþasōþe | sōþ |
| Accusative | sōþe | sōþasōþe | sōþ |
| Genitive | sōþra | sōþra | sōþra |
| Dative | sōþum | sōþum | sōþum |
| Instrumental | sōþum | sōþum | sōþum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sōþa | sōþe | sōþe |
| Accusative | sōþan | sōþan | sōþe |
| Genitive | sōþan | sōþan | sōþan |
| Dative | sōþan | sōþan | sōþan |
| Instrumental | sōþan | sōþan | sōþan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sōþan | sōþan | sōþan |
| Accusative | sōþan | sōþan | sōþan |
| Genitive | sōþrasōþena | sōþrasōþena | sōþrasōþena |
| Dative | sōþum | sōþum | sōþum |
| Instrumental | sōþum | sōþum | sōþum |
soþ2 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
truth
gold gumena gehwam, and gomol snoterost [...]
Truth will be trickiest, treasure the dearest, gold is for all men, and the old one is wisest …
Soð bið swicolost, sinc byð deorost,
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.
Descendants
sooth
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