treowþ

== Old English == === Alternative forms === trīewþ, trȳwþ === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō. Equivalent to trēowe +‎ -þ. Cognate with Old Norse tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tre͜oːwθ/ === Noun === trēowþ f truth, good faith, honour fidelity covenant, assurance of good faith ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: trouthe, treowthe, treuwethe, treouthe, trewthe, treuthe Scots: trowth, treuth English: troth, truth === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “trēowþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.