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† ˈsoothness Obs.
[f. sooth a. + -ness.]
1. The fact, quality, or condition of being true (in various senses); truth or verity; fidelity, faithfulness; reality, fact:
a. Without article.
c1275Passion our Lord 365 in O.E. Misc., Þo seyde pilates him to, hwat is soþnesse. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 988 Vor me mai bet soþnesse of þe moder þan of þe fader iwite. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 71 Fame þat is false..falliþ out of mynde, oþer is despreued by soþenesse i-knowe. c1440Eng. Conq. Ireland 102 He was..of mych speche, & lytel sothnesse. 1530Palsgr. 273/1 Sothenesse, ueritè. 1587Golding De Mornay iv. (1592) 43 Verely the most in effect that we can knowe concerning his being,..whether we terme it Soothnesse, or Wisedome,..or Godhead,..it cannot fit him.
personif.1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 163 Soþnesse sauh hem wel and seide bote luyte.
b. in soothness, in truth, reality, etc.
c1386Chaucer Sec. Nun's T. 261 Sayst thou thus to me In sothenes, or in drem I herkne this? c1400Apol. Loll. 27 Wan he is þus iugid & rettid of men, þow he be not so in soþnes. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 330 For in sothnesse of al þer was noon That lyue myȝt by that fatal lawe.
2. With the. The truth.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7236 Hii wepe & made deol ynou vor hii seye þe soþnesse. 1340Ayenb. 44 Hede þe zoþnesse of þe þinge þet me wyle zelle. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. vi. (1868) 26 Ne neuer nas ȝit day þat myȝte putte me oute of þe soþenesse of þat sentence. |
