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• trewe

trew

1. Obsolete form of true.

• wert

trew (strong nominative masculine singular trewer, comparative trewer, superlative am trewesten or am trewsten)

1. Obsolete spelling of treu.

From Old English trēo, trēow.

trew

1. Alternative form of tre

From Old English trīewe.

trew

1. Alternative form of trewe

From Proto-Celtic *fstrew- (“sneeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *pster- (“sneeze”). Cognate with ystrew, Irish sraoth (“sneeze”), Breton strevia (“to sneeze”); outside of Celtic, compare Latin sternuo, Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós), and Armenian փռշտալ (pʻṙštal).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /treːu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /trɛu̯/

trew m

1. (obsolete) sneeze, sneezing

• untrew (“sneeze”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 142-3