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† ˈtruefast, a. Obs.
[OE. tréowfæst, f. tréowe, true + fæst, fast a.]
Faithful. Hence † truefastness Obs., faithfulness.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxv. 21 Wel ðe la god ðeᵹn and trewufæst. a1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) cx. 5 [cxi. 7] Wærun his bebodu ealle treowfæste. c1175Lamb. Hom. 89 Þa weren þer igedered wiðinne þere buruh of ierusalem trowfeste men of elchere þeode. Ibid. 99 Þe halie gast..onlihte ure mod..mid gode dedan and trewfestnesse. 1532Thynne's Chaucer, Lydgate's Ball. our Lady 78 O trustie turtle truefastest [MSS. trewest] of all true. |