sooth

«sooth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: truth; truly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

truth; truly

part of speech

noun (in phrases, meaning indeed)

meaning for a pupil

Truth; in the phrases "in good sooth" and "for sooth" it means truly or indeed. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used except in old phrases; today we say in truth or really. The sentences use the old sense.

examples

• In good sooth, she has not her equal! (The Brown Fairy Book) tree →
• For sooth this is a man with whom I play. (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →
• For sooth it is a man with whom I play. (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →

primary record

sooth

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 6 (Torah 0, tales 6, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.7 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sooth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.