trouthe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === trawthe, treowthe, treuthe, treuþe, trewthe, trowthe, trowþe, truthe (editorial form) trowwþe, (manuscript forms) troꟕþe, troƿƿþe (Ormulum) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ, from Proto-West Germanic *triuwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō; equivalent to trewe +‎ -the (abstract nominal suffix). The final vowel is generalised from Old English oblique cases, while forms in /iu̯/ reflect the influence of trewe; the usual vocalism in /ɛu̯/, /ɔu̯/ is due to shortening before the consonant cluster /wθ/ in late Old English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɔu̯ð(ə)/, /ˈtrɛu̯ð(ə)/, /ˈtriu̯ð(ə)/, /-θ(ə)/ === Noun === trouthe (uncountable) loyalty (to a cause) honesty, honor, troth goodness, kindness, integrity truth, reality (especially absolute) religion, belief system righteousness, justness; being right in one's cause troth: a pledge, contract, promise or oath A fact or truth. ==== Descendants ==== English: truth, troth Scots: trowth, trewth ==== References ==== “treuth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 March 2018.