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triu (s.xii1)
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triu (s.xii1)

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trehu;  treu,  treud,  treue,  treut;  trewe;  trieu;  triew,  triewe;  trou;  trud,  true,  truud,  truue;  (treeu  Horn 1491 (var);  triwe  Pr Jean3 124.Y166)  
  FEW:  tributum 13/ii,257a Gdf:  treu 8,65b GdfC: ∅ TL: treu 10,639 DEAF:  treu  DMF:  treü  TLF: ∅ OED:  trewe n.  / trow n.3  MED:  true(e n.2  DMLBS:  tributum 3498b

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taxtribute, payment from one country or ruler to another, acknowledging submission or purchassing peace: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Li rei de Tharse e les illes duns offerunt, li rei d'Arabie e de Saba treut  (var. (P: s.xii4/4) treud ) aporterunt (Latin: tributum conferent)  Camb Ps 126.LXXI.10
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Dunc ad le treu parduné E a tuzjurz quite clammé  S Edw barking 2261
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Touz les Sarazins [...] se enclinerunt a Charles e li enveyerunt true encountre e li rendirunt les cités  Turpin 114
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ses homes devindrent par homage, e par treu e par ostage  Early Kings Verse3 752
♦taxtax, impost: 
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Un an fu sires de toute France et treu i prist  Waterford busby 125.R47.11
( 1396 )  Et aussi ont levé trehu dessus lé pelerins q’ont esté a Saint Jame a cest present an  Lett Rois ii 291
asseer triu a
taxto impose a tribute on, place under the obligation to pay tribute (as a sign of submission): 
( s.xii4/4 )  Mult l’unt feit malveisement Quant a Artur unt treu asis  Brut Fragment Harley 181
coillir les trius
taxto collect tributes: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Il establi des melz de ses baruns [...] Aduram pur cuillir les triuz Des paens qui se sunt a lui renduz [...]  Anc Test (E) 11449
donner triu (a)
taxto pay a tribute (to) (as a sign of submission): 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Hunlaf ne deit treu doner  Horn 1491
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Edom, Ydumeu e le grant Lobna Qui ainz donerent treu as fiz Juda  Anc Test (E) 16575
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Mun treu me donez ! Checun me deit de vus .m. besanz d'or fundez  Gui Bourgogne cfma 894
( 1309; MS: s.xvi2 )  la feu cely roy Cassibelyn veyncu, si dona treu a Rome  Petit Bruit 7.39
mettre a triu
taxto put under tribute, exact a tribute from (as a sign of submission): 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Il cunquist Filisteus e Arabiz E mist a treu (var. (B: s.xiii3/4) trou )  Anc Test (E) 17471
mettre triu sur
taxto put under tribute, exact a tribute from (as a sign of submission): 
( 1216-25; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Il venqui tous les roys de Wales, si mist trewe sur eus  Reis Britt1 18
( MS: c.1300 )  Les reis de Wales venqui tuz, si mist trewes sur eus, si ke il out chescun an de Nor Wales vint livres de or e treis cent de argent e vint miles vaches  Early Prose History 267
rendre triu
taxto pay a tribute (as a sign of submission): 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Forz reis estait de grant puissance, E treu rendeit al rei de France  S Gile1 1546
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  tut [rendent] triwe a moi  Pr Jean3 124.Y166
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  A Rome lur treu rendeit, Si come lur custume esteit  Waldef BB 103
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  il rendissent az Romains la moitiet de treu que il soloient rendre az autres rois  Waterford busby 113.R26.28

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See also:

triuage  triuager1  triuager2  triuerie  triuwer 
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