treowþ

Old English

Alternative forms

• trīewþ, trȳwþ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tre͜oːwθ/

Noun

trēowþ f

1. truth, good faith, honour
2. fidelity
3. covenant, assurance of good faith

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.