Ge-treówe

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-treówe

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-trýwe, -trúwe, -tréwe;

ge-treówe
def. se -treówa; comp. -treówra; superl. -treówest; adj. True, trusty, faithful; fīdus, fīdēlis :-- Getreówe oððe geleáfful fĭdēlis, Wrt. Voc. 74, 27: Ps. Lamb. 144, 14. Ǽlc getreówa man every true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 9, note 12, MS. B. Mid fulre gewitnesse and getreówre with full and true witness, L. Ath. if a thane have a true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 16, MS. B. Ic wille him syllan míne gewitnesse weorþe and getreówe servabo testāmentum meum fĭdāle ipsi, Ps. Th. 88, 25: 118, 111. Hwæðer gé getreówe synd whether ye are true, Gen. 42, 33. Hý habbaþ freónda ðý má tilra and getreówra they will have the more of excellent and faithful friends, Exon. 107 a; Th. 409, 2; Rä. 27, 23. Beó getreówra be more trusty, Prov. Kmbl. 76. Ðe he, getreóweste, gelufade whom, most faithful, he loved, Exon. 43 a; Th. 144, 21; Gú. 681. DER. un-getreówe. ge-treowe

Related words: § 10; Th. i. 240, 9. Gif þegen hæbbe getreówne man

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