treague
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin treuga, from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “treaty, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (“fidelity; pledge”). More at true, truce.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]treague (plural treagues)
- (obsolete) A truce.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- She them besought, during their quiet treague,
Into her lodging to repaire a while […]
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