sothnesse
Middle English
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editsothnesse
- truth; reality
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Second Nun's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 260-261:
- Tiburce answerde, ‘seistow this to me
In soothnesse, or in dreem I herkne this?’- Tiburce answered, ‘Sayest thou this to me
In actuality, or do I hear this in dream?’
- Tiburce answered, ‘Sayest thou this to me
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Second Nun's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 260-261: