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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sooth/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sooth/#x1)
- For sooth this is a man with whom I play. (Indian Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sooth/#x2)
- For sooth it is a man with whom I play. (Indian Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sooth/#x3)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sooth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.