"trowen" meaning in Middle English

See trowen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|trūwian||to trust, confide}} Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*trewwāną||to trust}} Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*trūwāną||to trust}} Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*drew-||faithful, true}} Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} trowen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|trowen}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], trowenen [infinitive], to trowenen [infinitive], trowene [infinitive], trowene [first-person, present, singular], trowened [first-person, past, singular], trowenest [present, second-person, singular], trowenedest [past, second-person, singular], troweneth [present, singular, third-person], trowened [past, singular, third-person], trowene [present, singular, subjunctive], trowened [past, singular, subjunctive], trowene [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], trowenen [plural, present], trowene [plural, present], troweneden [past, plural], trowenede [past, plural], troweneth [imperative, plural, present], trowene [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], trowenynge [participle, present], trowenende [participle, present], trowened [participle, past], ytrowened [participle, past], treuwen [alternative], trouwen [alternative], treowen [alternative], trouen [alternative]
  1. To have trust, be trustful, rely on.
    Sense id: en-trowen-enm-verb-U5zr5kkK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 33
  2. To exercise one's judgment, think.
    Sense id: en-trowen-enm-verb-hHguYaVP Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 33
  3. To lend credence to, accept.
    Sense id: en-trowen-enm-verb-SocpAYPm Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 33
     
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