treowþ
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō. Equivalent to trēowe + -þ. Cognate with Old Norse tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trēowþ f
- truth, good faith, honour
- fidelity
- covenant, assurance of good faith
Declension
[edit]Declension of trēowþ (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “trēowþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.