treysta 1 (long stem) “trust, have confidence in”

“dare, venture; strengthen; try, test for strength; push; rouse, rally”

frequent

transitive (acc/dat: differs by sense)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek treysti 1pl vér treystum 1sg ek treysta 1pl vér treystim
2sg þú treystir 2pl þér treystið 2sg þú treystir 2pl þér treystið
3sg hon treystir 3pl þau treysta 3sg hon treysti 3pl þau treysti
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek treysta 1pl vér treystum 1sg ek treysta 1pl vér treystim
2sg þú treystir 2pl þér treystuð 2sg þú treystir 2pl þér treystið
3sg hon treysti 3pl þau treystu 3sg hon treysti 3pl þau treysti
preterite infinitive treystu
past participle f. treyst m. treystr n. treyst
imperative 2sg treyst 1pl treystum 2pl treystið
middle voice: treystask “trust, have confidence in; dare, venture”
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek treystumk 1pl vér treystumk 1sg ek treystumk 1pl vér treystimk
2sg þú treystisk 2pl þér treyszk 2sg þú treystisk 2pl þér treystizk
3sg hon treystisk 3pl þau treystask 3sg hon treystisk 3pl þau treystisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek treystumk 1pl vér treystumk 1sg ek treystumk 1pl vér treystimk
2sg þú treystisk 2pl þér treystuzk 2sg þú treystisk 2pl þér treystizk
3sg hon treystisk 3pl þau treystusk 3sg hon treystisk 3pl þau treystisk
past participle n. treyszk
imperative 2sg fezk 1pl treystumk 2pl treystizk

PG *traustijaną, Dutch troosten, German trösten “console”; source of ME traisten “have confidence in,” derived from the adjective PG *traustaz, ON traustr “reliable.” ME trusten and MnE trust derive by a different route from the same root: their stem vowel implies an unattested OE *trystan 1, which in turn presupposes a likewise unattested noun and adjective *trust (cf. the noun OE trūwa “confidence,” from PG *trewwō); derivation of this English verb from the ON forms is unlikely.

assimilation  ·  cluster reduction

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