Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

treówþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§613;
The word is used sometimes in plural with force of singular.
truth, good faith, honour
Show examples

  • Ðǽr dydon þeáh Rómáne lytla triéwþa ðæt him ða wǽron láðe ðe hiera hláford beswican there, however, the Romans acted a little honourably (in hoc solo Romanis circa eum fortiter agentibus),

    in that those who had betrayed their lord were detestable to them,

      Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 17.
fidelity
Show examples

  • Heora gemynd þurhwunaþ for heora trýwðe wið God,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 12.
a covenant, an assurance of good faith
Show examples

  • Ðis ys ðære treówðe blód ðe Drihten eów behét

    hic est sanguisfoederis, quod pepigit Dominus vobiscum,

      Ex. 24, 8.

  • In treówþe geþeóded gástlícesfreóndscipes

    spiritalis amicitiae foedere copulatus.

      Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 9.

  • Mid ǽnigere treówðe

    quolibet pacto,

      Hpt. Gl. 469, 34.

  • Treówða

    foedera, pacta,

      404, 9.

  • Treófða

    foedera,

      416, 47.

  • Hié nánra treówþa him ne wéndonbúton ðæt hié mid ealle forweorþan sceolde

    they expected no terms for themselves, but that they must entirely perish ;

    the Latin which this seems intended to translate is :-- Non secus ac si capta esset, turbata civitas fuit.
      Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 13.

  • Ic gemunde mínra treówða ðe ic Abrahame behét

    recordatus sum pacti mei,

      Ex. 6, 5.

  • Gif gé míne treówða gehealdaþ

    si eustodieritis pactum meum,

      19, 5.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ga-triuwida confidentia ; missa-triuwida diffidentia, suspicio: Icel. tryggð faith, truce. v. ge-, un-treówþ.]
Linked entries
v.  trýwþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “treówþ.” 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/31025.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • treówþ, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.