† tristn.1
Obsolete.
Confidence, faith; confident expectation, hope: = trust n. 1, 3.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun]
ylevec888
levec950
hopec1000
trothc1175
trusta1200
trutha1200
tristc1200
beliefa1225
tresta1300
traistinga1340
traistnessa1340
fiance1340
affiancec1350
affyc1380
tristening1382
credencea1393
faitha1393
levenessc1400
confidencec1430
credulity?a1439
trustingc1450
confiance1490
credit1533
fiduce1582
confidency1606
confidingness1682
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > [noun]
to-hopec888
tristc1200
trusta1398
confidencec1430
affiancec1460
confiance1490
confidency1606
securitya1620
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 75 Trist to longe lif letteð þe mannes shrifte.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 7228 Of swych, here wombes are here Cryst; Þat ys here loue, þat ys here tryst.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 103 My triste is laid on þe duke Roberd.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 98 (154) Thei hadde a relyk hight Palladion That was hire tryst [v.rr. trist, trost] a bouen euerichon.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Siche signes drawen fro love of Crist þo þat setten so meche trist in hem.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) ii. xliii. 49 Thylke also, that vppon the tryste of mercy haue leyn in theyr lustes to theyr lyues ende.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ix. 22 Jhesus turnede, and say hir, and seide, Douȝtir, haue thou trist [1382 trust].
c1440 York Myst. xviii. 13 All my triste, lord, is in þe.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 He haþ no tryst of preching..he haþ only þe name of prest.
1483 Cath. Angl. 393/2 Triste, fiducia ex bona consciencia est, confidencia temeritatis est, & cetera.
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† tristn.2
Obsolete.
a. An appointed station in hunting.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > appointed station
tristrea1250
tristc1330
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 858 To venerye he gaf his tent; An herde of hertes sone þey met, At a triste [v.r. at triste] to schete, Brutus was set.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 613/22 Statuncula, a tryst.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 503/1 Tryyst, merke, limes, C.F. meta.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xviii. xxi. 764 They..coude wel kylle a dere bothe at the stalke & at the trest.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Xxx1/2 Tritis, alias Tristis, is an immunitie from that attendance, in the forest, whereby euery man dwelling in the forest, is tyed to be readie, houlding of a Greyhound, when the Lord of the Forest is disposed to chace.
1799 Sporting Mag. 13 321 The diversion named the Traist or Trista.
1882 J. F. S. Gordon Shaw's Hist. Moray III. v. 102 He..sounded with his horn the death-note of many a deer in the trystas which he held with his nobles in the royal forests.]
b. gen. A station assigned; appointed place, rendezvous. Cf. tryst n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > [noun] > place of meeting or assembly > appointed
tristc1330
tryst1487
tristrea1500
rendezvous1594
trysting place1633
trysting ground1838
tryst-place1851
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 157 Acres þan is his [K. Richard's] triste, opon þe Sarazin feendes, To venge Jhesu Criste þiderward he wendes.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 179 Þe Inglis at þer triste bifor þam bare alle doun, & R. als him liste þe way had redy roun.
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† tristadj.1
Obsolete.
1. Confident, sure: = trust adj. 1.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective]
sickerc1100
bolda1300
surec1330
trist1340
certain1362
traista1400
tresta1400
ensurec1430
suredc1450
absolute1483
firm1483
resolute1501
assured1523
satisfied1533
unperplexed1558
unblanked1570
resolved1577
secure1578
clear1604
constant1611
ungravelled1611
confidenta1616
definitea1616
fearless1634
decretory1651
positive1658
unbrangled1671
cocksure1672
convinced1685
reliant1702
unbewildereda1807
positivistic1893
hensure1929
tooting1932
1340–70 [implied in: Alex. & Dind. 513 Þat þou mihte trystli trye þe treweste lawe. (at tristly adv.)].
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3888 Of him ye myght be trist inogh.
2. Trusty, trustworthy, faithful: = trust adj. 2.
ΘΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective]
soothfastc825
truefastOE
i-treowec1000
unfakenOE
trueOE
sickerc1100
trigc1175
strustya1250
steel to the (very) backa1300
true as steela1300
certainc1325
well-provedc1325
surec1330
traistc1330
tristc1330
trustya1350
faithfula1382
veryc1385
sada1387
discreet1387
trust1389
trothfulc1390
tristya1400
proveda1425
good-heartedc1425
well-trusted?a1439
tristfulc1440
authorizablea1475
faithworthy?1526
tentik1534
fidele1539
truthfulc1550
suresby1553
responsible1558
trestc1560
reliable1569
cocksurea1575
sound1581
trustful1582
truepenny1589
true (also good, sure) as touch1590
probable1596
confident1605
trustable1606
axiopistical1611
loyala1616
reposeful1627
confiding1645
fiducial1647
laudable1664
safe1667
accountable1683
serious1693
sponsible1721
dependable1730
unfailing1798
truthya1802
trustworthy1829
all right1841
stand-up1841
falsehood-free1850
right1856
proven1872
bankable1891
secure1954
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1108 Anacletus graunted wel, Ȝyf Brutus wold be tryst as stel Þat his lyf he wolde hym saue.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 3564 Þe walles he reisede trist & trewe.
1540 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 416 Letter from þe King praying his trist consalour þe bischop and weilbelouit clarkis of Abirdene to consent.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12634 To trye out the truthe with his trist hond, On what buerne so was bold þe batell to take.
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tristadj.2n.3
(obsolete or archaic)† B. n.3 Sadness, sorrow, affliction.
A. adj.2
1.
a. Feeling or expressing sorrow; sad, sorrowful, melancholy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]
sorelyc888
gramec893
sorrowfuleOE
unblithec897
sorryeOE
carefulOE
charyOE
sickOE
yomerOE
sorry-moodOE
sweerc1000
yomerlyOE
sorrilyOE
woea1200
balec1220
sorry?c1225
sorec1275
sorec1275
gremefula1300
sada1300
ruthlyc1300
thoughtfulc1300
woebegonea1325
heavyc1330
grievousc1374
woefula1375
sorrowya1382
dereful?a1400
sorousa1400
sytefula1400
teenfula1400
wrotha1400
balefulc1400
tristy?c1400
tristc1420
dolefulc1430
wapped in woec1440
yhevidc1440
dolenta1450
condolentc1460
discomforted1477
tristfula1492
sorrow1496
dram?a1513
dolorous1513
earnful?1527
troublous1535
amort1546
mournfula1558
passioned1560
sadded1566
tristive1578
distressed1586
passionate1586
sorrowed1596
distressful1601
passionful1605
sighful1606
contristed1625
anguishinga1642
sadful1658
saddened1665
tristitious1694
sick as a parrot1705
pangful1727
woesome1778
grieving1807
ruesome1833
yearned1838
doleant1861
mournsome1869
thoughted1869
tragical1887
grief-stricken1905
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
mournc1275
sada1300
languishinga1325
amayedc1330
matec1330
unlightc1330
unblissful1340
lowa1382
mishappyc1390
dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
heartlessa1413
tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
heavisome1435
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
lumpisha1535
coolc1540
dowlyc1540
glum1547
discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
dumpish1560
out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
clum1599
life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
drooped1873
glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
c1420 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes 1956 Whan Tydeus hadde told his tale, Ethiocles, trist and wonder pale, his conceyt first in maner hath refreyned.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 71 Hyt apperteyneth not to a prynce that ony man shold departe sorowfull or tryste fro hym.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. vi. 2 Thyr messingeris, all trist and wobegon, Returnit haymwartis into thar maist neid.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiii. xxix. 240 A bitter sorrow by the hart him bit,..sad, silent, trist, Alone he would all day in darknes sit.
1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend i. i I staid in Flanders, very trist for your loss.
1775 F. Burney Let. 21 Nov. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 184 The Baron de Demidoff..has a triste & meager Countenauce.
1820 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) II. 18 The populace have a more triste and grave appearance.
1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 410 His hitherto cheerful countenance [was] triste and worn.
b. Characterized by or causing sorrow; sad, doleful, lamentable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] > causing sorrow or grief
sorelyc888
sorrowfulOE
sorryOE
yomerlyOE
rueful?c1225
grievous1297
heavyc1374
sada1375
deefulc1380
grievable1390
grieffula1400
grievingc1450
trist?c1450
tristfula1492
dolorousa1500
doly?1553
mournful?1570
griefsome1635
tristifical1656
melancholy1710
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6741 Eftirward fell tyme triste.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. v. 142 The comete stern sanguynolent, Wyth hys red cullour trist and violent.
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 83 Not more trist to other parts of the World and to this nation in general, then to Me in particular.
1768 Earl of Carlisle in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 285 It is a triste reflection.
1888 ‘P. Cushing’ Blacksmith of Voe II. xi. 267 What a trist fate, elenge, sombre, and pitiful!
2. Devoid of interest or liveliness; dull, depressing, dismal, dreary. (Only in form triste, as French.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
?1756 H. Walpole Lett. Aug. (1846) III. 239 The great apartment is vast and triste, the whole leanly furnished.
1805 E. Clark Banks of Douro II. 135 To live constantly at my house will be a situation too triste for you.
1835 Court Mag. 6 188/2 A family going to Bath..without introductions to the élite of the town, will pass a most triste and deplorable winter.
1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella III. iii. xi. 158 Life was often triste and dull in the great house.
Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun]
rueeOE
teeneOE
sorrowOE
gramec1000
sytec1175
ruthc1225
dolea1240
balec1275
sighinga1300
dolour13..
ermingc1300
heartbreakc1330
discomfortc1350
griefa1375
tristourc1380
desolation1382
sichinga1387
tristesse1390
compassiona1400
rueinga1400
smarta1400
displeasure14..
gremec1400
heavity14..
dillc1420
notea1425
discomforturec1450
dolefulnessc1450
wandremec1450
regratec1485
doleance1490
trista1510
mispleasance1532
pathologiesa1586
balefulness1590
drearing1591
distressedness1592
woenessa1600
desertion1694
ruesomeness1881
schmerz1887
a1510 G. Douglas King Hart ii. 380 That is ane sing [= sign] befoir ane hevie trist!
Derivatives
ˈtristeness n. rare dullness, dreariness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious
irksomeness1533
wearisomeness1579
inanity1603
tediositya1625
drynessa1637
unliveliness1643
flatness1649
tedium1662
tiresomeness1668
aridity1692
languor1741
dullness1751
uninterestingness1794
ponderousness1801
yawniness1805
unimpressiveness1827
slowness1828
grey1830
fadeness1837
woodenness1854
tristeness1866
boresomeness1883
boringness1893
stodginess1899
monochrome1962
1866 M. Lemon Wait for End xxxiv. 442 The mirthfulness of the guests..was in pleasing contrast to the tristeness of the morning gathering.
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† tristv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To have confidence; to confide, rely (in, on, upon, to): = trust v. 1.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)]
hopec888
believeOE
trowc1000
levec1175
strusta1250
trista1250
trestc1275
traista1300
affyc1330
assurec1374
restc1384
sover1488
confidea1525
faith1555
relyc1571
build1573
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 760 Ich kan wit & song manteine Ne triste ich to non oþer maine.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1697 He triste to mykel on his myght.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1709 O Pandarus that in dremes for to triste Me blamed hast.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 347 Whoso fayliþ in feiþ he is fals to god, & tristiþ not to hijs treuthe.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark vi. 50 He spak with hem, and seide to hem, Triste ȝe, I am; nyle ȝe drede.
?a1400 Arthur 428 Arthour..tryst on god, & was wel payd.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. v. 3 Seint Peeter, in whom he wel triste, and certeyn wel mihte triste in him.
c1475 Songs & Carols (Percy Soc.) 11 Few be trew to tryst upon.
2. transitive. To have confidence in, rely on: = trust v. 4.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > have confidence in, trust [verb (transitive)]
trowc888
trista1272
trestc1275
ween1340
affy?a1400
betrustc1440
strust1450
traist1473
atristc1475
intrastea1500
betrow?1567
confide1632
salve1646
bank1872
a1272 Luue Ron 56 in Old Eng. Misc. 94 Nis he neuer treowe ifunde. Þat him tristeþ he is amed.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 257 He tok to him suche as he triste In secre.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes i. x. (Bodl. 263) 48/2 As a brother sholde his brother triste.
a1500 Childe of Bristowe 154 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 116 Frendship, sone, is ylle to triste.
3. To expect confidently, hope: = trust v. 5 (Const. with clause, or intransitive with of.)
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [verb (intransitive)]
hightOE
hope971
tristc1200
dreama1393
set1607
to have one's fingers crossed1895
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 217 Ich triste þat he nele neng bi mine wrihte.
a1400–50 Alexander 1344 Of þe takyng of tire tristed þai no lenger.
1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 425/1 He takith hym nowe so nygh, tristyng yat it shall lyke the Kyng.
4. To believe: = trust v. 2 (With simple object or clause.)
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > accept as true, believe [verb (transitive)]
ylevec888
leve971
ween971
i-weneOE
takec1175
trowc1175
truth?c1250
thinka1275
believec1300
trustc1325
hold1340
trist1340
to give (one's) faith to (also unto)c1405
accept?c1430
admitc1449
credencea1529
to take a person at his (also her) word1535
credit1547
faith1576
to take a person's word1576
receive1581
creed1596
understand1751
Adam and Eve1925
buy1926
1340–70 Alisaunder 489 Sir, I tolde you trouth, trist yee no nooþer.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 33 Þey..dysceyuen..lordis & ladies..& maken hem to triste þat it is almes to distroye trewe men.
?a1400 Arthur 545 Þer ys no man wel nye, y tryste, Þat can be waar of hadde wyste.
5. To give credit to (a person for goods); to supply (goods to a person) on credit: = trust v. 6. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (transitive)] > give credit to or for
trustc1450
trist?a1600
frist1637
to stick upa1790
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 388 Ye wald doe weill gif ye wald thrist me... Ye salbe payit... Your tristene sall not be for nought.
1609 J. Skene tr. Burrow Lawes in Regiam Majestatem cxxx. 136 Browsters, Fleshers, and Baikers sall lenne (and thirst) to their neighbours aill, flesh, and bread, sa long as they buy fra them.
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