trewe

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English trīewe; from Proto-West Germanic *triuwī, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz.

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Adjective

trewe (plural and weak singular trewe, comparative trewere, superlative trewest)

  1. Faithful, loyal, trustworthy.
  2. Concerned about loyalty, honourable, lawful, righteous.
  3. Real, actual, true
  4. True, genuine (as opposed to being fake)
  5. Proper, correct, appropriate.
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, 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.
  6. Just, fair, equitable.
Descendants
  • English: true
  • Scots: trew
  • Yola: drue
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Etymology 2

Noun

trewe

  1. Alternative form of tre