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treówsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
treówsian, trýwsian; p. ode.
to engage, pledge one's self
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  • Him cómon ongeán . vi. cyningas and ealle wið trýwsodon (wið hine getreówsodon, col. 1), ðæt hí woldon efenwy[r]hton beón on sǽ and on lande

    six kings came to meet him, and all solemnly engaged to co-operate on sea and on land,

      Chr. 972; Th. i. 225, col. 2.

  • Se munuc ðe mynster næbbe cume tó scíre biscope and trýwsie (-ige) hine sylfne wið God and wið men ðæt hé þreó þing healdan wille,

      L. Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 7: vi. 3; Th. i. 314, 25.
to prove one's self to be true, to clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct
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  • Gif hé hine trýwsian wylle, ðaet hé tó ðære lǽne fácn ne wiste, ðæt hé mót,

      L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 7 note,
Etymology
[pas weord ich wulle þe treosien þurh mine god I will prove to thee the good faith of these words by an oath, Laym. 8489. Trousien, 8315, The word also means to trust þe king him treousede on, 9308.]
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v. ge-treówsian; treówan, treówian.
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v.  trýwsian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “treówsian.” 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/31021.

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