Definition of "soothfast" []

• Archaic Truthful; honest. (adjective)
• Archaic True; real. (adjective)

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• "Right soothfast is the saw, ‘Penury maketh strangerhood at home and money maketh a home in strangerhood’; and indeed the poet speaks truth when he saith,"
• ""Ay, because lies have been meat and drink to her, till she cannot speak a soothfast word nor know an honest man when she sees him.""
• "Whenas thou art wroth, curb thy wrath; when thou art afflicted, be patient; when thou speakest be soothfast; when thou promisest, perform; when thou judgest, do justice; when thou hast power, be merciful; deal generously by thy governors and lieutenants, forgive thy foes; be lavish of good offices to thine adversary, and stay thy mischief from him."