sothnesse

Middle English

Alternative forms

sothenes, soothnesse

Noun

sothnesse

1. truth; reality
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Second Nun's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 260-261:

     Tiburce answerde, ‘seistow this to me
     In soothnesse, or in dreem I herkne this?’

     Tiburce answered, ‘Sayest thou this to me
     In actuality, or do I hear this in dream?’