trewe
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English trīewe; from Proto-West Germanic *triuwī, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz.
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Adjective edit
trewe (plural and weak singular trewe, comparative trewere, superlative trewest)
- Faithful, loyal, trustworthy.
- Concerned about loyalty, honourable, lawful, righteous.
- Real, actual, true
- True, genuine (as opposed to being fake)
- Proper, correct, appropriate.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Joon 12:3, page 50v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- þerfoꝛ marie took a pound of oynement of trewe narde pꝛeciouſe / and anoyntide þe feet of iheſu .· ⁊ wipte hiſe feet wiþ hir heeris / and þe hous was fillid of þe ſauour of þe oynement
- Then Mary took a pound of valuable pure nard ointment, anointed Jesus's feet, and wiped them with her hair; the house was filled with the ointment's scent.
- Just, fair, equitable.
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References edit
- “treu(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-16.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
trewe
- Alternative form of tre