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▪ I. † troke, truke, v. Obs. (exc. dial.)
Forms: 1 trucian, 2–3 truke, 3 trukie, 3–4 troke, 5 truche, (8 dial. truck).
[OE. trucian, ulterior origin unascertained.]
1. intr. To fail; to be wanting or lacking.
c1000ælfric Hom. (Th.) II. 42 Ne trucað heora nan ana ðurh unmihte. c1205Lay. 16416 Þa iseh Hængest þæt his help trukede [c 1275 trokede]. a1225Ancr. R. 68 Bute ȝif þe ilke þridde, oðer stu[n]de trukie. c1250Gen. & Ex. 105 Til domes-dai ne sal it troken. a1800Pegge Suppl. Grose s.v., A cow is said to truck when her milk fails. North.
b. with dative of person.
c1122O.E. Chron. an. 1090, He underᵹeat þæt his ᵹesworene men him trucedon. a1225Ancr. R. 230 Ȝif bileaue him trukede. a1240Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 213 Bihold, heie louerd, hu monnes help trukeð me.
c. To fail or be unable to do something. rare—1.
a1400–50Alexander 1988 Loo here a gloue full of graynes..And þou truches [Dubl. MS. And yf þou thynkes] þaim to tell [L. quod si facere non valebis], þen [etc.].
2. trans. To deceive, beguile.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 35 Heo us truket þenne we lest weneð. a1225Juliana 7 Ah ha truste upon him þat ne truked na mon. 13..Sir Beues (A.) 3268 Ful wel him þouȝte..Þat him trokede a gret gile, For he was in þe castel be-loke.
Hence † troking (truking) vbl. n., failure, lack; deceit; also † troke (truke) n. (rare—1), failure, want, lack.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 79 Ierusalem bitacneð griþes sihþe, and ierico trukinge of lihte. a1225Ancr. R. 12 Þis nis bute a trukunge & a fals gile. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3508 Help ðe nedful ðat he ne be dead, for truke of ðin helpe.
▪ II. troke, troker
Sc. ff. truck, trucker1. |