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Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ, from Proto-West Germanic *triuwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō; equivalent to trewe + -the (abstract nominal suffix).
The final vowel is generalised from Old English oblique cases, while forms in /iu̯/ reflect the influence of trewe; the usual vocalism in /ɛu̯/, /ɔu̯/ is due to shortening before the consonant cluster /wθ/ in late Old English.
Pronunciation
Noun
trouthe (uncountable)
- loyalty (to a cause)
- honesty, honor, troth
- goodness, kindness, integrity
- truth, reality (especially absolute)
- religion, belief system
- righteousness, justness; being right in one's cause
- troth: a pledge, contract, promise or oath
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC,
folio xliii, verso:
Euerich in other his trouthe laythe / For to be ſworne brethern, til they dey / And with yͤ worde they riden forth her wey / [...] / Nowe by my trouth brother dere ſayd he / As I ſhal tellen the a faithful tale [...]- Each in the other his troth lay / For to be sworn brothers, till they died / And with the word they rode forth on their way / / Now by my troth brother dear, said he / As I shall tell you a faithful tale
- A fact or truth.
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