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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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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.), 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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Etymology 2
Noun
trewe
- Alternative form of tre