v. (pres. 2 sg.)
WA pres. pl. traist, trasten, past pl. trest, tristed, traisted, traistytt
'trust, have confidence (in)'
(Modern English )Always derived from ON, cp. OIcel treysta ‘to make trusty, try the strength of a thing’, treystask ‘to trust (to), rely upon’ < PGmc *traustjan-(cp. OS trōstian, OHG trōsten ‘to console’).
PGmc Ancestor
*traustjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
treysta ‘to make trusty, try the strength of a thing’
(ONP treysta (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far troysta, Icel treysta, Norw trøysta, Dan trøyste, OSw trösta, Sw trösta
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
ON /ey/ < PGmc */au/ by front mutation
Summary category
A1c
MED has citations from a variety of N texts, cp. the related trayst (adj.).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 1344, 2467, 3270 etc.