trewe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English trīewe; from Proto-West Germanic *triuwī, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz.

Alternative forms

• treowe, true, trew, triwe, trwe

Pronunciation

• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈtrøːwə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtriu̯(ə)/
• Rhymes: -iu̯(ə)

Adjective

trewe (plural and weak singular trewe, comparative trewere, superlative trewest)

1. Faithful, loyal, trustworthy.
2. Concerned about loyalty, honourable, lawful, righteous.
3. Real, actual, true
4. True, genuine (as opposed to being fake)
5. Proper, correct, appropriate.
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 12:3, folio 50, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     þerfoꝛ marie took a pound of oynement of trewe narde pꝛeciouſe / and anoyntide þe feet of iheſu .· ⁊ wipte hiſe feet wiþ hir heeris / and þe hous was fillid of þe ſauour of þe oynement

     Then Mary took a pound of valuable pure nard ointment, anointed Jesus's feet, and wiped them with her hair; the house was filled with the ointment's scent.

6. Just, fair, equitable.

Related terms

• trewely
• trouthe, truthe
• untrewe

Descendants

• English: true
• Scots: trew
• Yola: drue

References

• “treu(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 March 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

trewe

1. alternative form of tre