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‘truth’ & ‘lie’ sometimes appear together in Old Icelandic: - sannr meant ‘true, real, correct’ & ‘guilty’. English ‘sooth’ & ‘sin’ are both cognates of sannr: ‘sooth’ meaning ‘true’ or ‘truth’ (‘forsooth’ & ‘soothsayer’) & ‘sin’ - divine transgression
https://psyche.co/ideas/in-viking-sagas-time-expands-the-limits-of-truth