Old English Dictionary Entry

Treówe

Part of speech: triéwe, trýwe;

Definitions

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1 treówe

adj. True, faithful, trustworthy :-- Wæs hiera sib ætgædere, ǽghwylc ððrum trýwe. Beo. Th. 2334; B. 1165. Hé spræc to his onbehtþegne, to his treówum gesíþe. Exon. Th. 179, 29; Gú. 1269. Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe (ne treówe. Bod. MS. ), Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 17. Búton hé habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 18. Man namige . ii. trýwe þegnas, L. N. P. L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31. His freónd se treówesta (getreówesta, Bd. M. 126, 30) fidissimus atnicus illius, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 17. [Goth. triggws true, faithful: O. Sax. triuwi: O. Frs. triuwe: O. H. Ger. gi-triuwi: Icel. tryggr-] v- ge-, or-treówe (-triéwe, -trýwe). treowe

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Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᛖᚩᚹᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
L.: Latin
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.: Beowulf
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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