A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Trayste, v to trust, S2; traste, PP, S2.—­Icel. treysta, from traust.  See Trist.

Traystly, adv. confidently, H.

Traystnes, sb. confidence, H.

Traystynge, sb. confidence, H.

Traytyse, sb. treaty, truce, S3; see Tretis.

Tre, sb. tree, wood, lignum.  Prompt., S2, PP, W, W2; treo, S, PP; treowe, dat., S; treuwe, pl., S; tren, S2; treen, S3; treon, S; trewes, S; trowes, PP. Comb.:  tre tymus (lignum thyinum), W.—­AS. trA(C)ow (trA(C)o), dat. trA(C)owe, pl. trA(C)owu (trA(C)o), see Sievers, 250; cp.  Goth. triu.

Treatise, sb. a passage (lit. a treatise), S3; see Tretis.

Treatyce, sb. treaty, truce, S3; see Tretis.

Trechery, sb. treachery, trickery, S; see Tricherie.

Trechoure, sb. a cheat, HD.—­OF. trichAor (Bartsch); Late Lat. tricatorem.

Trechurly, adv. treacherously, S3.

Tred, sb. a foot-mark.  SkD (s.v. trade).

Treden, v. to tread, C, Prompt., PP; pt. pl., W, PP; tret, pr. s.  CM; troden, PP; trade, H (Ps. 55. 2); troden, pp.,C3; trodun, W2; treddede, pt. s. (weak), S3.—­AS. tredan, pt. trA|d (pl. trA|*don), pp. treden.

Treget, sb. guile, trickery, CM.

Tregetrie, sb. a piece of trickery, CM.

Tregettowre, sb. a juggler, joculator, Prompt.; tregetour, Prompt.(n), CM, HD.

Tregettyn, v. to juggle, Prompt.—­OF. tresgeter (Ducange); Lat. trans + iactare.

Treien, v. to betray, P; trayet, pp., HD.—­OF. traA-r; Late Lat. *_trad[i*]re_ for Lat. tradere.

Treil3*is, sb. trellis, S3; trelys, cancellus, Prompt.—­OF. treillis, from treille, a vine, arbour (Bartsch); Late Lat. *_tricla_; Lat. trichila; see BH, ASec. 98.

Tremlen, v. to tremble, stagger, PP; tremelyn, Prompt.; trimlen, HD; trymlen, S3; tremblen, W, PP; trimble, Manip.—­Picard F. tremler (AF. trembler); Late Lat. tremulare.

Tremlynge, sb. trembling; tremelynge, Prompt.; trimlyng, S3; trymlinge, HD.

Trental, sb. a set of thirty masses for the dead, SkD, ND, PP; trentall, money paid for a trental, S3; a month’s mind, ND.—­OF. trental, trentel; Church Lat. trigintalem (Ducange).

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