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un-treówþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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un-treówþ, e; f.
Bad faith, perfidy
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  • Ða Dænescan, ðe wæs ǽrur geteald eallra folca getreówast, wurdon áwende tó ðære méste untríwðe and tó ðam mǽsten swicdóme ðe ǽfre mihte gewurðan,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 223, 7.

  • Antigones forlét ðæt setl. Ac Umenis him wénde from Antigones hámfærelte micelra untreówða

    Antigonus ab obsidione discessit. Sed nec sic Eumeni spes firma aut salus certa,

    • Ors. 3, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 146, 21.

  • Adam týhð mé untryówða,

    • Cd. Th. 36, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 581.

  • Agothocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene ... Gif hé ðá ða áne untreówþa ne gedyde, from ðæm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce Cartaina onwald begietan,

    • Ors. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 170, 11.
Etymology
[
Icel. ú-trygð falseness, faithlessness.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-treówþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33901.

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