| 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.
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