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ge-tríwan

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to trust. Tó getríwenne
conprehendenda,
    Wülck. Gl. 251, 37.
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  • Cóm stefn ufane cwæðende, 'Getrýw,

      Eustachi,' Hml. S. 30, 241.

  • Getríue (-treuwe, R.), dohter

    confide, filia,

      Mt. L. 9, 22.

  • Getréuað (gitriówað R.)

    confidete,

      Jn. L. 16, 33.

  • Getrýwan

    fidere,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 67.
with dat.
to trust to a person or thing
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  • Ic getrýwe Drihtne

    in Domino confido,

      Ps. Th. 10, 1.

  • Gif hé (one to whom property had been entrusted, and who had lost it) gewitnesse hæbbe, and hé (the owner of the property) him (the loser) ne getriéwe, swerige hé (the loser) þonne (cf. Ex. 22, 10-11), Ll. Th. i. 52, 4. (2 a)

    to trust

    a person to do something :-- Him þá from bugan þe hié betst getriéwdon ꝥ him sceolde sige gefeohtan,
      Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 25.
with acc.,
to trust a person or thing
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  • Ic þíne sóðfæstnysse getreówe,

      Ps. Th. 118, 15.
with preps., to trust in, rely on,
be confident about
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  • In ðé ic getreówu,

      Ps. Srt. 24, 2.

  • In ðé getreóweð sáwul mín,

      56, 2.

  • Getréweð in God

    confidet in Deo,

      Mt. L. 27, 43.

  • Þá þe on Drihtén getreówað

    qui confidunt in Domino,

      Ps. Th. 124, 1.

  • Ðá ðe getreówað in megne heara,

      Ps. Srt. 48, 7.
  • In ðǽm gé getreówdun, ii. p. 195, 41.

  • Getreóudon,

      Lk. L. 18, 9.

  • Israhélas on Drihten getreówen

    speret Israel in Domino,

      Ps. Th. 129, 6.

  • Þæt hí getríwdon (hé getreówde,

    v. l.

    ) on Godes fultum,
      Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 2.

  • Hé geleornode ꝥ hé getreówde má be his láreówes mægne þonne be his ágnum

    plus didicerat de magistri, quam de sua virtute confidere,

      Gr. D. 19, 9.

  • Getreówan in mon,

      Ps. Srt. 117, 8.

  • Getriówende

    confidenti (in stultitia sua ),

      Kent. Gl. 608.
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  • Ne getriéwde hió þæt hiere wolde se óðer dǽl gelástfull beón,

      Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 17.
to make true to another, confederate
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  • Getreówed, getréude

    foederatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 25.

  • Getréwde

    foederatas,

      39, 6.

  • Gitreeudae, getr[é]udæ,

      Txts. 62, 436.
to prove oneself
true, clear oneself of a charge
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  • Hé be his hláfordes were hine getriówe,

      Ll. Th. i. 64, 5.

  • Getrýwe hé hine be þám wíte,

      84, 15.
to give confidence to a person,
persuade
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  • Ðá ældra getréudon ðǽm folcum ꝥ hiá bédon

    seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barabban,

      Mt. 27, 20.
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v.  ge-trýwan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-tríwan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50274.

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