[sôð], st. n., sooth, truth:: acc. sg. sôð, [532], [701], [1050], [1701], [2865]; dat. sg. tô sôðe (in truth), [51], [591], [2326].
[a]sôð], adj., true, genuine: nom. sg, þät is sôð metod, [1612]; acc. sg. n. gyd âwräc sôð and sâr-lîc, [2110].
[sôðe], adv., truly, correctly, accurately, [524]; sôðe gebunden (of alliterative verse: accurately put together), [872].
[sôð-cyning], st. m., true king: nom. sg. sigora sôð-cyning (God), [3056].
[sôð-fäst], adj., soothfast, established in truth, orthodox (here used of the Christian martyrs): gen. pl. sôð-fästra dôm (glory, realm, of the saints), [2821].
[sôð-lîce], adv., in truth, truly, truthfully, [141], [273], [2900].
[sôfte], adv., gently, softly: compar. þý sêft (the more easily), [2750].—Comp. un-sôfte.
[sôna], adv., soon, immediately, [121], [722], [744], [751], [1281], [1498], [1592], [1619], [1763], etc.
on-[spannan], st. v., to un-span, unloose: pret. sg. his helm on-speón (loosed his helm), [2724].
[spel], st. n., narrative, speech: acc. sg. spell, [2110]; acc. pl. spel, [874]; gen. pl. spella, [2899], [3030].—Comp. weá-spel.