From sōþ (“true”) + sprǣċ (“speech”) IPA(key): /ˈsoːθˌspræːt͡ʃ/ <span class="searchmatch">sōþsprǣċ</span> f a true statement Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sóþ-sprǽc”, in...
(noun) + word. IPA(key): /ˈsoːθˌword/, [ˈsoːðˌworˠd] sōþword n a true word, proverb Strong a-stem: sōþcwide sōþġiedd sōþsagu sōþsæġen sōþspell <span class="searchmatch">sōþsprǣċ</span>...
(“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, <span class="searchmatch">sōþsprǣċ</span>, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of...