Etymology

Formed on the stem of trysty.

PGmc Ancestor

*trust- or *traust-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

traustr ‘trusty, sure, firm, strong, safe’; traust ‘trust, protection, shelter’
(ONP traustr (adj.); traust (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far treystur, Icel traustur, Norw traust, ODan trøst, MSw tröster; Far treyst, Icel traust, Norw traust, Dan trøst, Sw tröst

OE Cognate

?*trust (n.)

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

BBB2

Attestation

MED has a handful of trist- forms, with no evident dialectal bias.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 1632

Bibliography

MED trustlī (adv.), OED tristly (adv.), ODEE trust, Dance tryst, Bj. 78, 285n, DP 19-21, de Vries traust, Mag. traust, Bj-L traust, Heid. (-)trausta-, Orel *traustaz, Kroonen *trausta-