c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxviii. § 5. Ne þincð me næfre nanwuht swa soðlic swa me þincað þine spell.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 13443. Bot iohn was sothlist in saus.
a. 1400. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., xlv. 2. Soþeli sawes I wol ȝou telle Of gentyl Ihesu.
1777. Mickle, Syr Martyn, I. xlvi. Dear was the kindlie love which Kathrin bore This crooked Ronion, for in soothly guise She was her genius and her counsellor.
