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trúwa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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trúwa, trúa, an; m.
(good]
faith
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  • Heriaþ úrne Ðrihten, se ðe ne forlǽt on hine gelýfende and ða ðe hihtaþ on his micclum trúwan,

      Homl. Ass. 112, 321.
  • Ðam Snum ic healde mínne trúwan ǽfre. Homl. Skt. i. 7, 56.
faith, belief, confidence, trust
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  • Se trúwa (trúa, Cott. MSS.) micelre orsorgnesse

    fiducia magnae securitatis,

    Past
      35; Swt. 243, 12.

  • Be geleáfan oþþe trúwan

    de fide,

      Scint. 126, 16.

  • For ðam micclan geleáfan and for dam sóðan trúwan ðe heó symle hæfþ tóGode,

      Homl. Ass. 29, 125.

  • Hé hine gefullode mid fullum trúwan ðæt hé geleáfful wǽre,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 9.

  • Se ðe mid dyslícum trúwan and mid gylpe sum wundorlíc ðing on Godes naman dón wile, Homl.

    Th.

    i.
      170, 28.

  • For ðæs cræftes trúwan (trúwan)

    from confidence on account of that art,

      R. Ben. 95, 6 : 46, 16.

  • Habbaþ Godes trúwan

    have faith in God,

      Mk. Skt. 11, 22 : Scint. 127, 1.

  • Gif hopan trúwan wé nabbaþ

    si spei fiduciam non habemus,

      33, 9.

  • Habbaþ eów trúwan

    habelefiduciam

    (Mt.
      14, 27), Homl. Th. ii. 388, 25.

  • Hira godas on ðám hig trúwan hæfdon

    dii eorum, in quibus habebant fiduciam,

      Deut. 32, 37.

  • Hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce they could not trust any people, Nicod. 6;

    Thw.

      3, 24.

  • Gif heó it swá gehylt, swá ic hiræ trúwan tó hæbbe as

    I have confidence in her (that she will do).

      Chart. Th. 527, 3.
a solemn assurance of good faith, a covenant, word
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  • Se Frysa lét hine faran on his trúwan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 358, 22.

  • Ic sette mín wedd on écne trúwan (

    in foedus sempiternum).

      Gen. 17, 19.

  • Ic behét mínne trúwan pepigi foedus, Ex. 6, 4. IV. faithful care, protection :-- Ic hine nam on mínne trúwan

    ego in meam hunc recepi fidem,

      Gen. 44, 32.
Etymology
[O. Frs. trouwa: Icel, trúa.]
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v. ge-, ofer-trúwa.
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v.  trúa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “trúwa.” 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/31082.

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