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ge-treówan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-treówan, -triówan, -triéwan; p. de; pp. ed.
Wright's OE grammar
§90; §264; §533;
to trust, believe, have confidence, hope; confidere, credere, sperare
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  • Ic gemǽnscipe getreówe ðínra háligra

    I believe the communion of thy saints,

    • Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 52, 55
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 118, 15
      • .

  • Ic on ðín word getreówe

    in verbum tuum speravi,

    • 114
      • :
    • 62, 1, 7
      • :
    • 129, 5
      • :
    • 124, 1
      • :
    • 129, 6
      • .

  • Ic on ðínum wordum getreówde

    I trusted in thy words,

    • 5
    .

  • Ic ðínum wordum getreówde

    in verbum tuum speravi,

    • 118, 74
      • .

  • Ðú in écne god ðínne getreowdes

    thou hast trusted in thy eternal God,

    • Exon. 72 a
      • ;
    • Th. 268, 21
      • ;
    • Jul. 435
      • .

  • Gúþlác sette hyht in heofonas hǽlu getreówde

    Guthlac put his hope in heaven, trusted in salvation,

    • 39 a
      • ;
    • Th. 128, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 406
      • .
to make true or credible
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  • Ðín gewitnes is weorcum geleáfsum and mid sóþe is swíðe getreówed

    testimonia tua credibilia facta sunt nimis,

    • Ps. Th. 92, 6
      • .
to persuade, suggest
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  • We getréwaþ him

    nos suadebimus ei,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 28, 14
      • :
    • 27, 20
      • .

  • Ðe hálig gást gitrióweþ iówih alle ða ðe swá hwæt ic cweðo iów

    spiritus sanctus suggeret vobis omnia quæcumque dixero vobis,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 14, 26
      • .
to make one's self out to be true, to clear one's self
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  • Getriówe hine fácnes se ðe hine féde

    let him who brings him up clear himself of treachery,

    • L. Alf. 17
      • ;
    • Th. i. 72, 5
      • .

  • Getriéwe hine ðæs sleges

    let him clear himself of the slaying,

    • L. In. 34
      • ;
    • Th. i. 122, 17
      • .
Similar entries
v. ge-treówian, ge-treówsian, ge-trúwan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-treówian ge-triéwan ge-trýwan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-treówan.” 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/16610.

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