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94001 Etymology dictionary, p. troth (n.).2
… treowð "faithfulness, veracity, truth;" see truth, which is a doublet of this word. Restricted to Midlands and Northern England dialect after 16c., and to certain …
94002 Etymology dictionary, p. trow (v.).2
… ; be faithful (to), confederate with," from treow "faith, belief," from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz "having or characterized by good faith" (source also of Old Saxon truon …
94003 Etymology dictionary, p. truce (n.).2
… triggwa "faith, faithfulness"), from PIE root *deru- "be firm, solid, steadfast." Related to true (adj.). The Germanic word was borrowed into Late Latin as tregua, hence …
94004 Etymology dictionary, p. true (adj.).2
… ) "faithful, trustworthy, honest, steady in adhering to promises, friends, etc.," from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz "having or characterized by good faith" (source …
94005 Etymology dictionary, p. Truman.2
surname, attested by 1215, literally "faithful man, trusty man."
94006 Etymology dictionary, p. trust (n.).2
… ; religious faith," from Old Norse traust "help, confidence, protection, support," from Proto-Germanic abstract noun *traustam (source also of Old Frisian trast …
94007 Etymology dictionary, p. trust (n.).3
This is reconstructed to be from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz, source of Old English treowian "to believe, trust," and treowe "faithful, trusty" (from PIE root *deru- "be firm, solid, steadfast;" compare trow (v.), true (adj.)).
94008 Etymology dictionary, p. trust (n.).4
It is attested from c. 1300 as "reliability, trustworthiness; trustiness, fidelity, faithfulness;" from late 14c. as "confident expectation" and "that on which one relies."
94009 Etymology dictionary, p. truth (n.).2
… (Mercian) "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant," from Germanic abstract noun *treuwitho, from Proto-Germanic …
94010 Etymology dictionary, p. tryst (n.).2
… good faith," from PIE *drew-o-, a suffixed form of the root *deru- "be firm, solid, steadfast." The notion would be "place one waits trustingly." As a verb, late 14c. Related …
94011 Etymology dictionary, p. unfaithful (adj.).2
… ) "not" + faithful. In Middle English it had also a sense of "infidel, unbelieving, irreligious" (late 14c.). The meaning "not faithful in marriage" is attested from 1828 …
94012 Etymology dictionary, p. universalism (n.).2
1805 in theology, "the doctrine of universal salvation," from universal (adj.) + -ism. Universalist "one who, professing the Christian faith, believes in the eventual redemption of all humanity" is attested from 1620s.
94013 Etymology dictionary, p. Varangian (n.).2
… - "pledge, faith," related to Old English wær "agreement, treaty, promise," Old High German wara "faithfulness" (from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy"). Attested in Old …
94014 Etymology dictionary, p. vates (n.).2
… Irish faith "poet," Welsh gwawd "poem," from PIE root *wet- (1) "to blow; inspire, spiritually arouse" (source also of Old English wod "mad, frenzied," god-name Woden; see wood …
94015 Etymology dictionary, p. virtue (n.).3
… (hope, faith, charity). To make a virtue of a necessity (late 14c.) translates Latin facere de necessitate virtutem [Jerome].
94016 Etymology dictionary, p. warlock (n.).2
… wær "faith, fidelity; a compact, agreement, covenant," from Proto-Germanic *wera- (source also of Old High German wara "truth," Old Norse varar "solemn promise, vow"), from …
94017 Etymology dictionary, p. *were-o-.4
… vera "faith," Russian viera "faith, belief;" Old English wær "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true."
94018 Etymology dictionary, p. wood (adj.).2
… Irish faith "poet;" "with a common element of mental excitement" [Buck]. Compare Old English woþ "sound, melody, song," Old Norse oðr "poetry," and the god-name Odin .
94019 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aaron.9
… the faith of the Old Testament writers in the origin in Aaron of their priestly order.
94020 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abed-nego.2
… their faith. The name, according to this view, would mean "servant of Nebo." Inasmuch as `abhedh is a translation of the Babylonian `arad, it seems ore probable that …