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treów

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
treów, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§52; §88; §89; §90; §169; §173; §264; §265; §278; §298; §363; §379; §562;
a tree
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  • Treów

    arbor,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 26.

  • Iung treów

    arbustum,

    • 41.

  • Wudu silva, áhæáwan treów

    lignum,

    • 33, 56
      • :
    • Ælfc. Gr. 8;
    • Zup. 31, 13.

  • Ðæt treów wæs gód tó etanne,

    • Gen. 3, 6.

  • Treów (tréu, Lind.)

    arbor,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 3, 10.

  • Treów (trýw, MS. B.: treó, Lind.),

    • 7, 17.

  • Hit wearð mycel treów (on treó miclum, Lind.: on tree miclum, Rush.)

    factum est in arborem magnam,

    • Lk. Skt. 13, 19.

  • Sunnan trió ágefeþ ondsware æt ðæm upgonge . . . and ðæt monan triów gerlice on niht dyde,

    • Nar. 27, 16-19.

  • Heó genam of ðæs treówes wæstme,

    • Gen. 3, 6.

  • Æppelbǽre treów westm wircende,

    • l, 11.

  • Tree

    arborem,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 6
      • :
    • 19, 4.

  • Gif man óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne, forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł.,

    • L. Alf. pol. 12;
    • Th. i. 70. 5.

  • Óftost beóþ ða treówa getealde

    feminini generis,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 6;
    • Zup. 20, 14
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 95, 12.

  • Treówu,

    • Scint. 56, 17
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 57, 8.

  • Ða hálgan trió sunnan and mónan . . . and óþre treów,

    • Nar. 27, 26-29.

  • Treów,

    • 32, 13.

  • Triów,

    • 28, 11.

  • Treó sceolon brǽdan,

    • Exon. Th. 343, 20;
    • On. Ex. 160.

  • Treó westmbéru

    ligna fructifera.

    • Ps. Surt. 148, 9.

  • Of ðæra treówa wæstme,

    • Gen. 3, 2.

  • Triówa heánnisse,

    • Nar. 28, 1.

  • Betwih ðǽm rindum ðæra trió,

    • 27, 25.

  • Tréa

    lignorum,

    • Ps. Surt. 73, 5.

  • Tréwna

    arborum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 9.

  • Ðæra treówa (trýwa, MS. B.: tréuna, Lind.),

    • Mt. Kmbl. 3, 10.

  • Treóna,

    • Rtl. 95, 23.

  • Of ðam treówum,

    • Lind.
    :

    tréum

    ,
    • Rush., Mk. Skt. 11, 8.

  • Sumu treówu he watrode.

    • Past. 40;
    • Swt. 293, 4
      • :
    • Nar. 27, 21.

  • Treówa,

    • Gen. 1, 29.

  • Behealdaþ ealle trýwu (treówa, MS. A.: treó, Lind. Rush.),

    • Lk. Skt. 21, 29.
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The word occurs as the second part of many compounds, e.g. æppel-, ceder-, corn-, cwic-, cyrs-, ele-, fíc-, gyr-, hwíting-, magdala-, palm-, persoc-, pín-, plúm-, ulm-, wín-, windeltreów; see also láð-, wudu-treów.
a material, wood
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  • Hí worhton him anlícnyssa, sume of golde, sume of seolfre, sume of stánum, sume of treówe,

    • Homl. Th. i. 22, 30.

  • Hé hét getimbrian cyrican of treówe,

    • Chr. 626;
    • Erl. 23, 40.

  • Hé of treówe(treó, Bd. M. 138, 21) cyricean getimbrede,

    • Bd. 2, 14;
    • S. 517, 26.

  • Monige of ðam treówe (treó, Bd. M. 156, 5) ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas nimaþ,

    • 3, 2; S. 524, 30.
in a collective sense, trees, a wood
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  • Ðá behídde Adam hyne on middan ðam treówe neorxena wanges

    Adam hid himself among the trees of the garden;

    in medio ligni paradisi,

    • Gen. 3, 8.

  • Hé (the Phenix) sylf bicreþ in ðæt treów innan torhte frætwe; ðǽr se wilda fugel ofer heánne beám hús getimbreþ (cf. hé heánne beám on holtwuda wunaþ, 209, 15; Ph. 171),

    • Exon. Th. 211, 19;
    • Ph. 200.
tree as in roof-tree, saddle-tree, a piece of wood, a beam, log, stake, staff, cudgel
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  • Scort sineweah stall vel treów

    cilindrus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 35.

  • Ðonne seó sáwl hié gedǽleþ wiþ ðone líchoman, hwylc biþ hé ðonne búton swylce stán oððe treów

    (a stone or a log).

    • Blickl. Homl. 21, 27.

  • Of treówe

    de stipite,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 65.

  • Gif mon mid treówe geslegen sié,

    • Lchdm. ii. S. 32
      • :
    • 94, 23.

  • Gé férdon mid swurdum and treówum mé gefón,

    • Mk. Skt. 14, 48.

  • Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 187, 12.

  • Swá hwá swá getimbraþ ofer ðisum grundwealle gold, oððe seolfor, oððe treówa,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 588, 25.

  • Treówu,

    • 590, 13.

  • Hié námon treówu and slógon on óþerne ende ísene neglas,

    • Ors. 4, 1;
    • Swt. 158, 4.
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v. fugol-, teld-, wægn-treów.
tree as in gallows-tree, tree used of the cross
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  • Hǽlendes treów,

    • Rood Kmbl. 50;
    • Kr. 25.

  • Wuldres treów,

    • 28; Kr. 14.

  • Ðú ðé on róde treów áhófe,

    • Anglia xii. 506, 4
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 411;
    • El. 206.

  • Ðurh treów ús com líf, ðá ðá Crist hangode on róde,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 240, 22.
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v. gealg-, wulfheáfod-treów, and ród.
Etymology
[
Goth. triu a tree; staff
:
O. Sax. trio a beam; the cross
:
O. Frs. tré
;
Icel. tré a tree; a beam; wood.
]
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v.  treó treówian tréu trýw.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “treów.” 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/30998.

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