Dictionary entry

Sooth (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sooth, n. [AS. sōð. See Sooth, a.] 1. Truth; reality.

The sooth it this, the cut fell to the knight. Chaucer.

In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. Shak.

In good sooth,

Its mystery is love, its meaninng youth. Longfellow.

2. Augury; prognostication.

The soothe of birds by beating of their wings. Spenser.

3. Blandishment; cajolery. Shak.