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Ge-tríwan

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Take here ge-treowan and ge-trýwan in Dict., and add: I. to trust. Tó getríwenne conprehendenda, Wülck. Gl. 251, 37. (1) absolute :-- Cóm stefn ufane cwæðende, 'Getrýw, Eustachi,' Hml. S. 30, 241. Getríue (-treuwe, R.), dohter confide, filia, Mt. L. 9, 22. Getréuað (gitriówað R.) confidete, Jn. L. 16, 33. Getrýwan fidere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 67. (2) with dat. to trust to a person or thing :-- Ic getrýwe Drihtne in Domino confido, Ps. Th. 10, 1. Gif hé (one to whom property had been entrusted, and who had lost it) gewitnesse hæbbe, and hé (the owner of the property) him (the loser) ne getriéwe, swerige hé (the loser) þonne (cf. Ex. 22, 10-11), Ll. Th. i. 52, 4. (2 a) to trust a person to do something :-- Him þá from bugan þe hié betst getriéwdon ꝥ him sceolde sige gefeohtan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 25. (3) with acc., to trust a person or thing :-- Ic þíne sóðfæstnysse getreówe, Ps. Th. 118, 15. (4) with preps., to trust in, rely on, be confident about :-- In ðé ic getreówu, Ps. Srt. 24, 2. In ðé getreóweð sáwul mín, 56, 2. Getréweð in God confidet in Deo, Mt. L. 27, 43. Þá þe on Drihtén getreówað qui confidunt in Domino, Ps. Th. 124, 1. Ðá ðe getreówað in megne heara, Ps. Srt. 48, 7. In ðǽm gé getreówdun, ii. p. 195, 41. Getreóudon, Lk. L. 18, 9. Israhélas on Drihten getreówen speret Israel in Domino, Ps. Th. 129, 6. Þæt hí getríwdon (hé getreówde, ) on Godes fultum, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 2. Hé geleornode ꝥ hé getreówde má be his láreówes mægne þonne be his ágnum plus didicerat de magistri, quam de sua virtute confidere, Gr. D. 19, 9. Getreówan in mon, Ps. Srt. 117, 8. Getriówende confidenti (in stultitia sua), Kent. Gl. 608. (5) with clause :-- Ne getriéwde hió þæt hiere wolde se óðer dǽl gelástfull beón, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 17. II. to make true to another, confederate :-- Getreówed, getréude foederatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 25. Getréwde foederatas, 39, 6. Gitreeudae, getr[é]udæ, Txts. 62, 436. III. to prove oneself true, clear oneself of a charge :-- Hé be his hláfordes were hine getriówe, Ll. Th. i. 64, 5. Getrýwe hé hine be þám wíte, 84, 15. IV. to give confidence to a person, persuade :-- Ðá ældra getréudon ðǽm folcum ꝥ hiá bédon seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barabban, Mt. 27, 20. ge-triwan
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ᚷᛖ-ᛏᚱᛁᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ll.
Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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