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treów

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
treów, trýw, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§52; §88; §89; §90; §169; §173; §264; §265; §278; §298; §363; §379; §562;
The word is sometimes used in the plural with the force of the singular.
truth to a promise or engagement, faith (as in good or bad faith, to keep faith with a person), troth:
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  • Treów, sió geond bilwitra breóst áríseþ,

    • Exon. Th. 343, 21;
    • Gn. Ex. 160.

  • Hálegu treów seó ðú wið rodora weard liealdest.

    • Cd. Th. 127, 30;
    • Gen. 2118.

  • Wǽre gehtaldan, treówe tácen,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 427;
    • An. 214.

  • In swá hwylce tiid swá gé mid treówe (truly) tó mé on hyge hweorfaþ, and gé hellfirena geswícaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 366, 1;
    • Reb. 5.

  • On treówe gelǽton (-en ?)

    fidei commissum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 76.

  • His treówe (treówa, Bd. M. 130, 27) and his gehát wið ðé gehealdon . . . his treówe for feógýtsunge forleósan, seó ðe dýrwurþre wǽre eallum máþmum

    tibi fidem pollicitam servare . . . fidem snam, quae omnibus ornamentis pretiosior est, amore pecuniae perdere,

    • Bd. 2, 12;
    • S. 514, 34-41.

  • Ðý læs ic mín gehát and míne treówe forleóse

    ne fidem mei promissi praevaricer,

    • 4, 22; S. 592, 2.

  • Ác féreþ gelóme ofer ganotes bæð gársecg fandaþ hwæðer ác hæbbe æðele treówe

    oft fares the oaken vessel over the gannet's bath; ocean proves whether the oak keeps excellent faith, i. e. whether the promise of safety, which its strength seems to give, is kept,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 22;
    • Rún. 25.

  • Ne Hildeburh herian þorfte Éótena treówe,

    • Beo. Th. 1148;
    • B. 1072.

  • Til biþ se ðe his treówe gehealdeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 293, 6;
    • Wand. 112.

  • Ðú ðǽv tírfæste treówe findest,

    • 473, 8; Bo. 11
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 100, 6.

  • Ðæt ǽfre on his dagum sceolde gewurðan swá lytle treowa,

    • 13, arg.

  • Mánum treówum woldon hié ðæt feorhlcán, fácne gyldan,

    • Cd. Th. 187, 11;
    • Exod. 149.

  • Ðú hæfst ongyten ða wonclan trúwa (treówa, Cott. MS.) ðæs blindan lustes,

    • Bt. 7, 3;
    • Fox 18, 3.

  • Ða ðe mid tungan treówa gehátaþ, fácenlíce þencaþ,

    • Fragm. Kmbl. 47;
    • Leás. 25.

  • Tír healdeþ trýwa wel wið æðelingas,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 22;
    • Rún. 17.
truth to a person, fidelity, fealty, loyalty. Cf. hold
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  • Ðæs getreówan freóndes, ðone mon lufaþ for treówum,

    • Bt. 24, 3;
    • Fox 82, 35.

  • Dauid forbær ðæt hé Saul ne dorste ofsleán for ðǽm ealdum treówum,

    • Past. 28;
    • Swt. 199, 3
      • :
    • 3; Swt. 37, 7.

  • Cham ne wolde cýðan hyldo and treówa,

    • Cd. Th. 96, 9;
    • Gen. 1592.
the truth of the stronger to the weaker, grace, favour, help. Cf. hold
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  • Treów wæs gecýþed, ðætte Gúðláce God leánode ellen mid arum,

    • Exon. Th. 129, 11;
    • Gú. 419.

  • Treówe

    latibulo

    (protection, faithful care; the passage in which the word occurs refers to the entrusting of his mother by Christ to St. John's protection),
    • Hpt. Gl. 415, 57.

  • Git mé sibblufan and freóndscipe cýðaþ, treówe and hyldo tíðiaþ mé,

    • Cd. Th. 152, 6;
    • Gen. 2516
      • :
    • 34, 21; Gen. 541.

  • Heó treówe gehét

    she promised God's favour,

    • 44, 25;
    • Gen. 714.

  • Hé treówa gehét, his holdne hyge,

    • 41, 8;
    • Gen. 653.
an assurance of faith or truth, word (in to give or pledge one's word), a promise, an engagement, a covenant, league
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  • Hú þearf mannes sunu máran treúwe

    what need has a son of man of a better assurance?

    • Cd. Th. 204, 26;
    • Exod. 425.

  • Ða eorlas ðe him treówe tealdon,

    • 123, 17; Gen. 2046.

  • Hé bæd hié ðæt hié gemunden ðara ealdena treówa

    ad antiquorum jura foederum adhortatione persuadens,

    • Ors. 2, 5;
    • Swt. 82, 9.

  • Se ðe his nýhstan swereþ, and hine mid treówum ne beswícþ

    he that swears to his neighbour, and does not deceive him with assurances of good faith,

    • Ps. Th. 14, 6.

  • For ðam treówum ðe dú genumen hæfdest tó Abrahame . . . Ðú him ðæt gehéte, ðæt . . . ,

    • Cd. Th. 235, 26;
    • Dan. 312.

  • Se wæs ofslagen ofer áþas and treówa

    (or under I.) contra fidem jurisjurandi peremptus est,

    • Bd. 2, 20;
    • S. 521, 17.

  • Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþas geseald, and Eást-Engle foregisla vi; and þéh ofer ða treówa . . . fóron hié,

    • Chr. 894;
    • Erl. 90, 5.

  • Ic eów treówa ðæs míne selle,

    • Cd. Th. 92, 28;
    • Gen. 1535
      • :
    • 122, 35; Gen. 2037.

  • Ðú treówa selle, wǽra ðína, ðæt ðú wille mé wesan freónd,

    • 170, 23; Gen. 3817.
faith in something, belief, trust, confidence
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  • Treów in ðé (the Virgin Mary) weorðlícu wunade,

    • Exon. Th. 6, 11;
    • Cri. 82.

  • Nó him for egsan earmra gǽsta treów getweóde,

    • 122, 25; Gú. 311
      • :
    • 134, 28; Gú. 515.

  • Ðína ágna treówa and seó godcunde lufu and se tóhopa ðé ne lǽtaþ geortréwan be ðam écan lífe,

    • Bt. 10;
    • Fox 30, 8.

  • Ða bebodu ðe giet máran sint . . . ðæt is, ryht dóm, and mildheortnes and treówa (cf. Mt. 23, 23 where geleáfa renders fides).

    • Past. 57;
    • Swt. 439, 31.

  • Ða beraþ Godes fatu ða ðe óðerra monna sáula underfooþ tó lǽdanne on ða treówa hira ágenra gearnunga

    Domini vasa ferunt, qui proximorum animas perducendas in suae conversionis fide suscipiunt,

    • 13; Swt. 77, 4.

  • Ðú gelýfst ðínum hláforde bet ðonne ðé selfum, and ðínum geférum æmnwel and ðé selfum; ðú dést swíðe rihte, mid ðý ðæt ðú swá gooda treówa wit hí hefst,

    • Shrn. 196, 25.

  • Hé (Noah) hæfde him on hreðre hálige treówa,

    • Cd. Th. 201, 3;
    • Exod. 366.

  • Hé his treówa sceal, and his módgeþonc, má up ðonne niþer habban tó heofonum,

    • Met. 31, 18.
Etymology
[
Goth. triggwa a covenant
:
O. Sax. trewa (often pl.)
:
O. L. Ger. treuwa foedus
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O. Frs. triuwe, treuwe
:
O. H. Ger. triuwa fides, foedus.
]
Similar entries
v. heáh-, hyge-, un-, wine-treów, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  treówa trinnu-byttae.
Entry information
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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/30999.

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