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+Trewes+, _sb. pl._ truce; see +Trewe+.

+Trewe+, _sb._ truth, troth, S, C2, PP; +treue+, S, S2, PP; +trouthe+, S2, C3; +trouth+, H; +tryue+, PP; +trowwe+, S; +trawe+, S2; +treothes+, _pl._, S; +truthes+, pledges, S2.--AS. _treowu_.

+Trey+, _sb._ a throw at dice, viz. three, SkD; +treye+, C3. _Comb._: +trey-ace+, the throw of three and one; a quick exclamation, S3.--OF.

_trei_, _treis_; Lat. _tres_.

+Tre?e+, _sb._ affliction, grief, SD; +trei?e+, S; +treie+, S; +treye+, S2; +tray+, vexation, B.--AS. _trega_; cp. Icel. _tregi_, Goth. _trigo_.

+Tre?en+, _v._ to afflict, SD.

+Triacle+, _sb._ a remedy, healing medicine, S2, PP, C3, NQ (6. 1. 308); +tryacle+, Voc., PP, NQ; +treacle+, TG, Prompt.; +tryakill+, S3.--OF.

_tracle_ (Bartsch); Lat. _theriaca_, lit. an antidote against the bite of serpents; cp. Gr. ????a?? f??a?a. For examples of the intrusive _l_ see +Cronicle+.

+Triblen+, _v._ to trouble, H; see +Trublen+.

+Tricherie+, _sb._ treachery, trickery, S, PP, S2; +trecherie+, PP; +trechery+, S; +treccherie+, C.--AF. _tricherie_; from OF. _tricher_, _trecher_, to cheat; Late Lat. _tricare_ for Lat. _tricari_.

+Trick+, _adj._ neat, elegant, ND; +trig+, JD.--For the voicing of the guttural in North.E. cp. _prigmedainty_ (JD), with _p.r.i.c.kmedainty_ or _p.r.i.c.kmedenty_ (HD); see SkD (s.vv. _prig_, _trigger_).

+Trien+, _v._ to try, PP; +tri?ede+, _pp._, S2, PP; +i-tri?ed+, S2; +itri?et+, S2; +y-tried+, PP; +y-tryed+, PP; +tried+, _pp._ as _adj._, choice, PP; +trye+, PP, C2; +triedest+, _superl._, S2, PP; +trieste+, PP; +tryest+, PP; +triedliche+, _adv._, excellently, PP; +tri?ely+, PP, S2; +trielich+, P.--AF. _trier_; Late Lat. _tritare_, to thresh corn.

+Triennels+, _sb. pl._ ma.s.ses said for three years, PP; +triennales+, P.--OF. _triennal_; Church Lat. _triennale_.

+Trillen+, _v._ to turn round and round, to trickle, CM, Prompt., C2, S3, Sh., SkD; +tryll+, Palsg.; +tril+, Manip.--Cp. Swed. _trilla_, to roll.

+Trinal+, _adj._ threefold, RD; +trinall+, Spenser, 1. _Comb._: +trinal triplicities+, SkD.--Late Lat. _trinalis_.

+Trine+, _adj._ taken three at a time, ND. _Comb._: +trine aspect+ (in astrology), SkD, ND; +tryne compas+, the round world containing earth, sea, and heaven, C3--OF. _trine_; Lat. _trinum_.

+Trinite+, _sb._ Trinity, S2, PP; +Trinitee+, PP.--AF. _Trinite_, _Trinitet_; Church Lat. _Trinitatem_.

+Trisen+, _v._ to hoist up, to trice, to pull off, SkD; +tryce+, C2; +trice+, CM. _Der._: +tryyste+, +tryys+, windla.s.s, Prompt.--Cp. Dan.

_tridse_, to haul up, to +trice+, Swed. _trissa_, a pulley. The final _-se_ is the same as in E. _clean-se_.

+Trist+, _sb._ trust, a tryst, meeting-place, B, W, W2, PP, S2; station in hunting, HD; +trust+, PP.--Icel. _traust_. For E. _i_ = Icel. _au_, cp. ME. _mire_ = Icel. _maurr_; see SkD (s.v. _pismire_).

+Tristen+, _v._ to trust, S2, C3, W, W2, PP; +trysten+, S2, PP; +truste+, S2; +trosten+, S3, S2, PP; +truste+, _pt. s._, S, S2. _Der._: +tristyng+, a trust, W. See above.

+Tristili+, _adv._ confidently, W, W2.

+Tristnen+, _v._ to trust, W. _Der._: +tristenyng+, a trust, W.

+Triuials+, _sb. pl._ studies connected with the _trivium_, the initiatory course taught in the schools, comprising grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic, S3; +trivial+, _adj._, initiatory, ND.--Schol. Lat.

_trivialem_.

+Troblen+, _v._ to trouble, W; +troubild+, _pp._, WA; see +Trublen+.

+Trod+, _sb._ a trodden path, SkD (s.v. _trade_), HD. See +Treden+.

+Troden+, _pp._ of +Treden+.

+Trofle+, _sb._ a trifle, S3; see +Trufle+.

+Trompe+, _sb._ a trump, trumpet, C3; +trumpe+, C.--AF. _trompe_.

+Trompe+, _v._ to play the trumpet, PP; +trumpe+, W, Prompt.--AF.

_trumper_.

+Tronchoun+, _sb._ a truncheon, broken piece of a spear-shaft. C; +trunchone+, Prompt.--OF. _tronchon_, _troncon_.

+Trone+, _sb._ throne, S, PP, S3, C2, C3, W; +trones+, _pl._, S; one of the nine orders of angels, WA; +tronen+, S2.--OF. _trone_; Lat.

_thronum_; from Gr. ??????.

+Tronen+, _v._ to enthrone, PP.--OF. _troner_.

+Trost+, _subj. pr. s._ trust, S2; see +Tristen+.

+Trotevale+, _sb._ a trifling thing, HD.

+Trouble+, _adj._ troubled, S2, C2.--AF. _truble_, pp. of _trubler_; see +Trublen+.

+Trouthe+, _sb._ truth, S.2, C3; see +Trewthe+. [[error for +Trewe+]]

+Trowabile+, _adj._ credible, H.

+Trowen+, _v._ to believe, S, S2, S3, C2, C3, H, PP; +tru+, S2; +trawed+, _pt. pl._, expected, S2.--Icel. _trua_; Swed. _tro_. See +Trewen+.

+Trowyng+, _sb._ belief, S2.

+Truage+, _sb._ tribute, S2; see +Trewage+.

+Trublen+, _v._ to trouble, W; +troblen+, W; +triblen+, H.--AF.

_trubler_; Late Lat. _turbulare_.

+Trufle+, _sb._ nonsense, absurd tale, trifle, PP, SkD; +trofle+, S3, SkD; +trefele+, PP; +triful+, PP; +trifle+, PP.--AF. _trufle_, _trofle_, mockery, OF. _truffe_, a jest, a flout, also a truffle (Cotg.); Lat.

_tubera_, truffles; see SkD (s.v. _truffle_). For the intrusive _l_ cf.

+Triacle+.

+Truflen+, _v._ to beguile, SkD; +trofle+, SkD; +trifelyn+, Prompt.; +treoflynge+, _pr. p._, S2.--OF. _truffler_, _truffer_, to mock (Cotg.).

+Trukenen+, _v._ to fail, S.

+Trukien+, _v._ to fail, S.--AS. _trucian_, to fail, deceive.

+Trusse+, _sb._ a bundle, Manip., CM.

+Trussen+, _v._ to pack, to pack off, C, S2, PP, Manip.; +turss+, B.--OF. _trusser_, _trosser_, _torser_; Late Lat. *_tortiare_.