insooth

adv

Etymology

From in + sooth.

  1. derived from *h₁es- — “to be
  2. inherited from *h₁sónts
  3. inherited from *sanþaz
  4. inherited from *sanþ
  5. inherited from sōþ
  6. inherited from sooth
  7. compounded as insooth — “in + sooth

Definitions

  1. truly

    • Insooth, good friend, your father might have kept This Calfe, bred from his Cow from all the world
    • Said a smile to a tear. ⁠On the cheek of my dear, That becam'd like the sun in spring weather ⁠Insooth, love Tear, ⁠It strange must appear, That we should be both here together.
    • I could render an account, but the tale would be over long,—having insooth surprised them there together, had the twain of them slain by men appointed thereto.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for insooth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA