treu

Verb

treu

1. third-person singular present indicative form of treure
2. second-person singular imperative form of treure

Etymology

Attested in the 13th century; probably from Old French tref (“tent, mast”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛw/

Noun

treu m (plural treus)

1. (nautical) set of sails
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 731:

     Et cõ grã coyta que auía, metíose sobre mar, cõ grandes cõpañas, porlo yr buscar, et tãto singlarõ, a rremos et a treu, ata que chegarõ alý hu el iazía soterrado

     Sorrowful, he went into the sea with a large army, for searching for him, and they navigated for a long time, on oars and sails, until they arrived there where he was buried

   • 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:

     hũu estrenque d'esparto novo et hũu estrenque vello d'esparto, et con seu treu que son tres monetas et hũu papafigo et con todos los outros seus aparellos

     a new rope of esparto, and an old one also of esparto, with its set of sails, composed of three minor sails and a mainsail, with all the additional rigging

2. (nautical) a sail

References

• “treu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “treu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “treu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “treu” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “a treo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Middle High German triuwe, from Old High German triuwi, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz. See English true for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔʏ̯/
• Rhymes: -ɔʏ̯

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Adjective

treu (comparative treuer, superlative am treusten or am treuesten)

1. loyal; faithful; true

   Willst du deinen eigenen Worten nicht treu bleiben?

   Aren't you going to be true to your own words?

   • Bach, Cantata BWV 150, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich

     Bleibet Gott mein treuer Schatz, achte ich nicht Menschenkreuz.

     If God remains to be my faithful treasure, I care not mankind’s cruelty.

Further reading

• treu in Duden online