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单词 sooth to say
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sooth to say
(b) With a noun as object, as to say (the) truth. Frequently with the noun preceding the infinitive, as sooth to say, truth to say, shame to say, etc.to say the least: see least pron. and n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > unfortunately [phrase]
shame to saya1225
(the) worse luck1580
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adverb]
evil971
unsellyc1275
chancefully1303
wrother-heala1325
badlyc1325
illc1325
ungraciouslyc1330
unhappilyc1374
evil haila1400
infortunately1442
shame to saya1450
ill haila1500
unluckily1530
unfortunately1548
unluckly1573
bad1575
haplessly1582
disasterly1593
lucklessly1596
untowardly1649
misfortunatelya1686
askew1858
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 11 (MED) Soþ to seggen, ic not ȝif ich auerȝete ani ðing dede ðat ic nolde habbe sumes kennes lean.
a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 181 Ffor here martis bene feble, shame to saye.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. viii Oftyme for to saye trouthe men lese theyre lyues.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ijv/1 And to saye sooth, they doe not worship God at all.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. i. 136/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I And to saie truth, one..of these small liuings is of so little value, that it is not able to mainteine a meane scholar.
1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 713 But sooth to say, Tom-teltroth will not lie, We heere haue blaz'd Englands iniquitie.
1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Nov. (1948) I. 108 But, to say the truth, the present ministry have a difficult task, and want me, &c.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. iii. 206 To say the Truth, we have..often done great Violence to the Luxuriance of our Genius. View more context for this quotation
1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson I. xxv. 169 To say truth, he has a bold and most mischievous spirit.
1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 311 We had been already five weeks in Savagedom,..and, to say the truth, we had had enough of it.
1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xli. 354 The investigation of this question, which, truth to say, was one of importance.
1900 A. G. Bradley Fight with France for N. Amer. vi. 179 Tolerance of such departures from the manners and customs they were used to..could hardly be looked for in the average officer of that day, who, to say truth, was not distinguished either for adaptability or breadth of understanding.
1923 P. Guedalla Masters & Men ii. 169 To say truth, the curriculum is, from the educational point of view, the least significant thing in Oxford.
1969 tr. Fructuosus of Braga Iberian Fathers II. 181 Although most of our detractors are deserters of monasteries, they honor them highly and—shame to say—heap dignities upon them.
1995 R. Ford Independence Day (1996) 115 Truth to say, I was as happy as I expected to be.
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sooth to say
b. Used as object to the verbs say, speak, or tell; frequently in the parenthetic phrases sooth to say, etc. (Cf. 5b.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun]
soothc950
soothOE
rightOE
soothnessc1275
soothness1297
soothshipc1320
soothhead1340
very1382
trotha1387
trutha1391
verity1422
veriment1528
true?1531
trueness1559
veriness1574
reality1604
veracity1664
veridicalness1727
the fact of the matter1808
truthfulness1835
actualité1840
the straight1866
satya1879
straight goods1892
veridicalitya1901
truth value1903
dinky1941
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth
soothquidec888
soothsawc950
soothOE
righteousnessa1225
certainty1330
truthc1330
trotha1387
verity1533
tell-truth?1556
oracle1569
true1581
round O1605
fact1779
veracity1852
veritability1864
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis
God (it) wot?c1225
goddot?a1289
sooth to sayc1330
truth (also sooth) to tella1375
honestly1819
honest Indian1854
truthfully1854
honest Injun1857
on the level1872
straight1874
honest1876
square dinkum1888
no kidding1901
straight-up1963
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OE Crist III 1306 Ne mæg þurh þæt flæsc se scrift geseon on þære sawle, hwæþer him mon soð þe lyge sagað on hine sylfne, þonne he þa synne bigæð.
c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 300 Ac we heom secgað soð tosoðe.
a1200 Vices & Virtues 9 Me ne net me noht te forsweriȝen, ac soð te seggen of ðan ðe ic am bicleped.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 217 Vle, heo seyde, seye me soþ, hwi dostu þat vnwihtes doþ.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2008 Quoth Ubbe, ‘Bernard, seyst þou soth?’
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 285 Tell me soth And sei the trouthe, if [etc.].
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii My broder, thow sayst soothe, wherfore I thanke the moche.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 7 Ye seyde me soth that my suster set but lytill prise of me.
1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. E3v Say sooth in secret Radagon, Is this thy father?
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 196 I am sure I have said sooth, but whether or no it will be thought so, I cannot tell.
1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant viii, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Or wert thou that just Maid who once before Forsook the hated earth, O tell me sooth.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiv. 261 ‘Thou art speaking but sooth, Rebecca,’ said Isaac.
1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 51/1 So long as I keep to the particular set.., I may speak sooth if the fancy takes me.
(b)c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2206 Tristrem lepe, ywis, Þritti fete, soþ to say.c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 601 He was, I trowe, a twenty wynter oold, And I was fourty, if I shal seye sooth.1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 190 The salt was all the sarar, suth to sayn.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.ijv/1 And to saye sooth, they doe not worship God at all.1626 R. Harris Hezekiah's Recov. (1630) 6 To speake sooth, most of us have small reason to glorie in our prayers.1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxvii. 48 And, sooth to tell, He murmured on till morn.1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Introd. 27 The wine was served, and, sooth to say, Insensibly it stole away.1855 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. vii. 323 Sooth to tell, the narrative of the achievements here and there draws largely on our faith.
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