Ge-treówian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-treówian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -triówian; Related words: ge-treówþ] :-- Ða beorn getreówedon betwuh him and sieredon ymbe ðone fæder

Definitions

1 ge-treówian

p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed. I. to trust, confide, hope :-- Nelle gé on ealdurmenn getreówian nolite confide in principibus, Ps. Th. 145, 2. Ic on ðín sóþfæst word getreówige I will trust to thy true word, Ps. Th. 118, 80, 43, 48: 130, 5. Ic me on mínne Drihten getreówige ego in te sperabo Domine, 54, 24: 70, 13. II. to make a treaty, be confederate [the children were confederates and plotted against the father, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 13. Getreówod fæderatus, Cot. 85, Lye. III. to clear one's self :-- Getriówie hine let him clear himself, L. Alf. 36; Th. i. 84, 15.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᚱᛖᚩᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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