Middle English Dictionary Entry
traist(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | traist(e adj. Also traiist, trast(e, treist; comp. traister, -ur, trastir; sup. traistes. |
| Etymology | Chiefly N. Perh. from ON: cp. OI treystr, p.ppl. of treysta; also cp. ME traisten v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Trusting, trustful; (b) trustworthy, faithful; ~ and treue, treue and ~; (c) assured, certain; also, secure, safe; be ye ~; (d) as adv.: securely; also, firmly.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3272 : Lauerd þou grant þat it sua be, And do me be þis well here Traist to be o my praiyer.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)38/6 : Of hym [God] treist may ȝee be.
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)73/1313 : Beues handis they on-bound For of hym they were bothe seker and traste.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24673 : Þou was his tresurrer, On traister nan to tru.
- a1400 Dice(2) (Boston 100)p.27 : Be trew and trast [vr. tryst] in mare mild, and sche wyll ye fro scham[e] schild.
- c1440(?a1400) St.John (Thrn)89 : Þou was trayste and trewe, and folowede his trace.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)8392 : Lok þat ȝe be trewe & traist..ȝyf we wel stande, sone schul þey flye.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Cmb Dd.5.64)41 : Þe kynd of luf es þis, þar it es trayst and trew: To stand styll in stabylnes, and chaunge it for na new.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)41/54 : My seruand I will found & frast, Abraham, if he be trast; On certan wise I will hym proue, If he to me be trew of louf.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)340/74 : I saide if he nede be-stode to hym shuld none be trastir.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)59 : Wen þow traistes [Frf: sicurest] wenis at be, Fro hir schalt þou or scho fro þe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1849 : Noe and his..weited ai quen þai suld drun; Bot be ȝee traist [Göt: straisti] wit-outen strijf, Inogh it lethed þam þar lijf.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15497 : Þou sal be traijst [Frf: saued], lauerd, to night, it es noght to mistrun; Elleuen er we yeitt to witstand wit þe..We er herdi men i-nou agains iudas vr fa.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1211 : I schal bynde yow in your bedde, þat be ȝe trayst.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)17183 : Thei are sicur y-now & traist, That thei ne thar no-thyng be a-baist.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13242 : Þenne were þe Romayn[s] al a-baischt, & al was schent þat or was trayst.
d
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9883 : Þis castel es o luue and grace, Bath o socur and o solace, A-pon þe mathe [Göt: marche] it standes traist; O fede ne dredes it na fraist.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28998 : Crist biddis vs..To win vs formast heuen blisse, And siþen traistur [Glb: baldly] mai we bide, All oþer gode vs sal be tide.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)184/1499 : Þan when þe sperm is þus reseyved in þe matrice, onon þe mouth of þe matrice sparys & closys sa fast & sa trast..þat a nedyll poynt suld not ga betwene.