"soþian" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈsoː.θi.ɑn/, [ˈsoː.ði.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną; equivalent to sōþ + -ian. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sanþōn}} Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sanþōną}} Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, {{suf|ang|sōþ|ian}} sōþ + -ian Head templates: {{ang-verb|sōþian}} sōþian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|sōþian<w2>}} Forms: sōþian [canonical], weak [table-tags], sōþian [infinitive], sōþienne [infinitive], sōþiġe [first-person, present, singular], sōþode [first-person, past, singular], sōþast [present, second-person, singular], sōþodest [past, second-person, singular], sōþaþ [present, singular, third-person], sōþode [past, singular, third-person], sōþiaþ [plural, present], sōþodon [past, plural], sōþiġe [present, singular], sōþode [past, singular], sōþiġen [plural, present], sōþoden [past, plural], sōþa [imperative, past, present, singular], sōþiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], sōþiende [imperative, present], sōþod [imperative, past], ġesōþod [imperative, past], sōðian [alternative]
  1. to prove
    Sense id: en-soþian-ang-verb-4KqD8dzT Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Old English terms suffixed with -ian: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. to attest, affirm
    Sense id: en-soþian-ang-verb-D8eiM2BC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ġesōþian, unsōþian Related terms: sēþan
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġesōþian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unsōþian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "soþien",
            "3": "sothen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: soþien, sothen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: soþien, sothen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "soothe"
          },
          "expansion": "English: soothe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: soothe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "suith",
            "3": "sooth"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: suith, sooth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: suith, sooth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "soother",
            "der": "1",
            "pos": "verb"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Scots: soother (verb)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Scots: soother (verb)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sanþōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sanþōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sanþōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sōþ",
        "3": "ian"
      },
      "expansion": "sōþ + -ian",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną; equivalent to sōþ + -ian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sōþian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesōþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōðian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sōþian"
      },
      "expansion": "sōþian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sōþian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sēþan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prove"
      ],
      "id": "en-soþian-ang-verb-4KqD8dzT",
      "links": [
        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to attest, affirm"
      ],
      "id": "en-soþian-ang-verb-D8eiM2BC",
      "links": [
        [
          "attest",
          "attest"
        ],
        [
          "affirm",
          "affirm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoː.θi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsoː.ði.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soþian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġesōþian"
    },
    {
      "word": "unsōþian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "soþien",
            "3": "sothen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: soþien, sothen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: soþien, sothen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "soothe"
          },
          "expansion": "English: soothe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: soothe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "suith",
            "3": "sooth"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: suith, sooth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: suith, sooth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "soother",
            "der": "1",
            "pos": "verb"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Scots: soother (verb)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Scots: soother (verb)"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sanþōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "ian"
      },
      "expansion": "sōþ + -ian",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną; equivalent to sōþ + -ian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sōþian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesōþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōðian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sōþian"
      },
      "expansion": "sōþian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sōþian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sēþan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to prove"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to attest, affirm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attest",
          "attest"
        ],
        [
          "affirm",
          "affirm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoː.θi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsoː.ði.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soþian"
}

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