treowþ
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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 treowþ (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.