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for⋅sooth

  [fawr-sooth]
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–adverb Archaic.
(now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME forsothe, OE forsōth. See for, sooth
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for·sooth   (fôr-sōōth', fər-)   
adv.  In truth; indeed.

[Middle English forsoth, from Old English forsōth : for, for; see for + sōth, truth; see sooth.]
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Word Origin & History

forsooth 
O.E. forsoð, from for-, intensive prefix, + soð "truth" (see sooth).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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