trystefull

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From trist (trust) +‎ -ful.[1]

Adjective

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trystefull

  1. (hapax) trustworthy, faithful
    • a. 1450, Lucy Toulmin Smith, editor, York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts or Mysteries of York on the Day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th, and 16th Centuries; Now First Printed from the Unique Manuscript in the Library of Lord Ashburnham, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1885, page 217, line 514:
      Hayll! talker trystefull of trew tales.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Tri·stful, a.1”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382, column 3:f. Trist sb.1 + -ful 1.

Etymology 2

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From trist (sad) +‎ -ful.[1][2][3]

Adjective

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trystefull

  1. (hapax) sad, melancholic
Descendants
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  • English: tristful

References

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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Tristful (tri·stfŭl), a.2”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382, column 3:f. Trist a.2 + -ful 1.
  2. ^ tristful”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Michael Agnes, editor, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN:LME trystefull < trist, sad (< OFr triste < L tristis: see tristeza) + -ful, -ful
  3. ^ trist·ful”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN:Middle English : triste, sad; see triste + -ful, -ful.