Old English · verb
getruwian
Normalised ġetrūwian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /jeˈtruː.wi.ɑn/
- Syllables
- je · ˈtruː · wi · ɑn (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- believetreaty
Meaning
-
to trust, hope, believe
Þā wæs Donua sēo ēa swā swīþe oferforen, þæt hīe ġetrūwedon þæt hīe ofer þām īse faran mehten, ac hīe mǣst ealle þǣr forwurdon.
Then the River Danube was so thickly frozen over that they believed they could travel over the ice, but most all of them perished there.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans -
to make a treaty
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | ġetrūwiġe | ġetrūwode |
| 2nd singular | ġetrūwast | ġetrūwodest |
| 3rd singular | ġetrūwaþ | ġetrūwode |
| Plural | ġetrūwiaþ | ġetrūwodon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | ġetrūwiġe | ġetrūwode |
| Plural | ġetrūwiġen | ġetrūwoden |
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | ġetrūwian |
| Inflected infinitive | ġetrūwienne |
| Imperative singular | ġetrūwa |
| Imperative plural | ġetrūwiaþ |
| Present participle | ġetrūwiende |
| Past participle | ġetrūwod |
All forms (14)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gatrūōn, variant of *gatrūēn; by surface analysis, ġe- + trūwian. Cognate with Old Saxon gitruoian, gitrūōn, Old Dutch gitrūon, Old High German gitrūēn, gitrūwēn.
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