traistis

v. (pres. 2 sg.)

WA pres. pl. traist, trasten, past pl. trest, tristed, traisted, traistytt

'trust, have confidence (in)'

(Modern English )

Etymology

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/ &lt; PGmc */au/ by front mutation

Summary category

A1c

Attestation

MED has citations from a variety of N texts, cp. the related trayst (adj.).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 1344, 2467, 3270 etc.

Bibliography

MED traisten (v.1) , OED traist (v.) , HTOED , Bj. 65 (DP 19), de Vries treysta, Mag. treysta, Orel *traustjanan, Kroonen *trausta-