trowen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

treuwen, trouwen, treowen, trouen

Etymology

From Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”).

Verb

trowen

To have trust, be trustful, rely on.
To exercise one's judgment, think.
To lend credence to, accept.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trowen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) trowenen, trowene
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	trowene	trowened
2nd-person singular	trowenest	trowenedest
3rd-person singular	troweneth	trowened
subjunctive singular	trowene	trowened
imperative singular	trowene	—

plural¹	trowenen, trowene	troweneden, trowenede
imperative plural	troweneth, trowene	—

participles	trowenynge, trowenende	trowened, ytrowened

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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