Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

treówian

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
treówian, triéwian, trýwian; p. ode.
to trust, confide
Show examples
  • Æghwylcum ðe him on treówaþ

    omnes qui confidunt in eis,

      Ps. Th. 113, 17.
  • Ða ðe treówiaþ

    (confidunt)

    on
      Drihtne, Ps. Spl. 124, 1.
  • On mannan tó treówianne

    confidere in homine,

      Ps. Th. 117, 8.
  • On ealdor-inen tó treówianne

    sperare in principibus,

    9.
to be true to a person
Show examples
  • Dóþ swá ic háte ic eów treówige gif gé ðæt tácen gegáþ sóð geleáfan do as I bid; I will be true (or

    gracious,

    v. treów,
) to you, if you use that sign (circumcision), true sign of belief (cf. sete tácn sóð gif ðú wille on mé habban holdne freónd, 139, 17-22; Gen. 2311-2313), Cd. Th. 140, 7; Gen. 2324.
III. to prove one's self true, clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct
Show examples
  • Gif hwá óðerne tión wille . . . gif he hine treówian wille, in . xii. ciricum dó hé

    ðæt,

      L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 8.
  • Gif hé hine triéwian wille, ðæt hé tó ðære lǽne fácn ne wiste, ðæt hé mót,

      19; Th. i. 74, 7.
    [þenne he þe treoweðe alre best, þenne beswikes tu heom, Laym. 3413.
  • Him ꝥ ha treoweð on,

      Kath. 1327, note.
    ] þeo luue . . . þu treowest hire, Misc. 94, 42.
  • Putifar trewið his wiwes tale,

      Gen. and Ex. 2037.
Similar entries
v. ge-treówian (-trýwian) ; treówan, treówsian, trúwian.
Linked entries
v.  trýwian.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • treówian, v.