treowþ

Old English

Alternative forms

trīewþ, trȳwþ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō. Equivalent to trēowe +‎ -þ. Cognate with Old Norse tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).

Noun

trēowþ f

truth, good faith, honour
fidelity
covenant, assurance of good faith

Declension

Declension of treowþ (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	trēowþ	trēowþa, trēowþe
accusative	trēowþe	trēowþa, trēowþe
genitive	trēowþe	trēowþa
dative	trēowþe	trēowþum

Descendants

Middle English: trouthe, treowthe, treuwethe, treouthe, trewthe, treuthe
- Scots: trowth, treuth
- English: troth, truth

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “trēowþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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