treague

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin treuga, from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “treaty, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (“fidelity; pledge”). More at true, truce.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹiːɡ/

Noun

treague (plural treagues)

(obsolete) A truce.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  She them besought, during their quiet treague,
  Into her lodging to repaire a while […]

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