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treówe

  • adjective
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treówe, triéwe, trýwe; adj.
True, faithful, trustworthy
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  • Wæs hiera sib ætgædere, ǽghwylc ððrum trýwe. Beo. Th. 2334; B. 1165.
  • Hé spræc to his onbehtþegne, to his treówum gesíþe. Exon. Th. 179,

      29; Gú. 1269.
  • Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe (ne treówe. Bod. MS. ),

      Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 17.
  • Búton hé habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse,

      L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 18.
  • Man namige . ii. trýwe þegnas,

      L. N. P. L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31.
  • His freónd se treówesta (getreówesta, Bd. M. 126, 30)

    fidissimus atnicus illius,

      Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 17.
  • [Goth. triggws true, faithful: O. Sax. triuwi: O. Frs. triuwe: O. H. Ger. gi-triuwi: Icel. tryggr-] v- ge-, or-treówe (-triéwe, -trýwe).
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v.  trýwe.
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