trowen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”).

Verb

trowen

  1. To have trust, be trustful, rely on.
  2. To exercise one's judgment, think.
  3. To lend credence to, accept.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trowen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) trowenen, trowene
present tense past tense
1st-person singular trowene trowened
2nd-person singular trowenest trowenedest
3rd-person singular troweneth trowened
subjunctive singular trowene
imperative singular —
plural1 trowenen, trowene troweneden, trowenede
imperative plural troweneth, trowene —
participles trowenynge, trowenende trowened, ytrowened

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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