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Old English · verb

soþian

Normalised sōþian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈsoː.θi.ɑn/
[ˈsoː.ði.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈsoː · θi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
sootheattestprove

Meaning

  1. to prove

  2. to attest, affirm

Conjugation

Conjugation of soþian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sōþiġesōþode
2nd singular sōþastsōþodest
3rd singular sōþaþsōþode
Plural sōþiaþsōþodon
Subjunctive
Singular sōþiġesōþode
Plural sōþiġensōþoden
Non-finite forms of soþian
Form
Infinitive sōþian
Inflected infinitive sōþienne
Imperative singular sōþa
Imperative plural sōþiaþ
Present participle sōþiende
Past participle sōþodġesōþod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną; equivalent to sōþ + -ian.

Descendants

soothe

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