trewe

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

• treowe, true, trew, triwe, trwe

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

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, page 50v, 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.

• trewely
• trouthe, truthe
• untrewe

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

• “treu(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-16.

trewe

1. Alternative form of tre