trowen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• treuwen, trouwen, treowen, trouen

Etymology

From Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”).

Verb

trowen

1. To have trust, be trustful, rely on.
2. To exercise one's judgment, think.
3. To lend credence to, accept.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trowen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) trowenen, trowene
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	trowene	trowened
2nd-person singular	trowenest	trowenedest
3rd-person singular	troweneth	trowened
subjunctive singular	trowene
imperative singular		—
plural1	trowenen, trowene	troweneden, trowenede
imperative plural	troweneth, trowene	—
participles	trowenynge, trowenende	trowened, ytrowened

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.