getruwian

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, ġe- +‎ trūwian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈtruː.wi.ɑn/

Verb

ġetrūwian

1. to trust, hope, believe
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þā wæs Donua sēo ēa swā swīþe oferforen, þæt hīe ġetrūwedon þæt hīe ofer þām īse faran mehten, ac hīe mǣst ealle þǣr forwurdon.

     Then the River Danube was so thickly frozen over that they believed they could travel over the ice, but most all of them perished there.

2. to make a treaty

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġetrūwian (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġetrūwian	ġetrūwienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġetrūwiġe	ġetrūwode
second person singular	ġetrūwast	ġetrūwodest
third person singular	ġetrūwaþ	ġetrūwode
plural	ġetrūwiaþ	ġetrūwodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġetrūwiġe	ġetrūwode
plural	ġetrūwiġen	ġetrūwoden
imperative
singular	ġetrūwa
plural	ġetrūwiaþ
participle	present	past
	ġetrūwiende	ġetrūwod

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-trúwian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.