treague

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin treuga, from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “treaty, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (“fidelity; pledge”). More at true, truce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹiːɡ/

Noun

treague (plural treagues)

1. (obsolete) A truce.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     She them besought, during their quiet treague,
     Into her lodging to repaire a while […]