[ sotman] m. foolish man, NC 350.

[ sotscipe] m. dulness, folly, WW 17133. [‘sotship’]

[ sott] I. adj. foolish, dull, stupid.

[II.] m. dullard, fool, A. open sott downright fool, Æ. [‘sot’]

[ sōð] I. n. truth, justice, righteousness, rectitude, B, CP, Cr, Sol: reality, certainty. tō sōðe, tō sōðum in truth, truly, truthfully, accurately. tō sōðan, ðurh sōð verily, in truth.

[II.] adj. true, genuine, real, Bo, Bl; AO, CP: just, righteous. [‘sooth’]

[III.] == L. pro- in compounds, in DR and NG.

[ sōðbora] m. soothsayer, astrologer, Chr 975a (reading doubtful).

[ sōð-cwed], -cweden veracious, NG.

[ sōðcwide] m. true speech, truth, just saying: proverb, NG.