treowþ
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō. Equivalent to trēowe + -þ. Cognate with Old Norse tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trēowþ f
- truth, good faith, honour
- fidelity
- covenant, assurance of good faith
Declension edit
Declension of treowþ (strong ō-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “trēowþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.