trow – English noun declension

English noun forms of trow

Noun: trow
Singulartrow
Pluraltrows

Sample Sentences

  • The Trows are of a diminutive stature, and they are usually dressed in gay green garments. [1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 261:]

Etymology

1. From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan (“to trust”) and 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”).
2. Akin to Scots trow, trew (“to believe, trust, confide in, prove”), Dutch trouwen (“to wed, marry”), German trauen (“to trust, marry”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish tro (“to believe, think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tru (“to believe, think”), Icelandic trúa (“to trust, believe, believe in”). See: Old English Nouns 'trēowan', Old English Nouns 'trūwian', Swedish Nouns 'tro', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'tru', Icelandic Nouns 'trúa'.

Verbs referencing "trow"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns tro.