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Middle English
Etymology 1
From trist (“trust”) + -ful.[1]
Adjective
trystefull
- (hapax) trustworthy, faithful
a. 1450, Lucy Toulmin Smith, editor, York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts or Mysteries of York on the Day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th, and 16th Centuries; Now First Printed from the Unique Manuscript in the Library of Lord Ashburnham, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1885, page 217, line 514:
References
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Tri·stful, a.1”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382, column 3: “f. Trist sb.1 + -ful 1.”
Etymology 2
From trist (“sad”) + -ful.[1][2][3]
Adjective
trystefull
- (hapax) sad, melancholic
Descendants
References
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Tristful (tri·stfŭl), a.2”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382, column 3: “f. Trist a.2 + -ful 1.”
- ^ “tristful”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Michael Agnes, editor, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN: “LME trystefull < trist, sad (< OFr triste < L tristis: see tristeza) + -ful, -ful”
- ^ “trist·ful”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN: “Middle English : triste, sad; see triste + -ful, -ful.”