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Treague

Treague

,
Noun.
[It.
tregua
; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E.
true
.]
A truce.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Definition 2024

treague

treague

English

Noun

treague β€Ž(plural treagues)

  1. (obsolete) A truce.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:
      She them besought, during their quiet treague, / Into her lodging to repaire a while [...].

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tregua, from Gothic π„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πŒ° β€Ž(triggwa, β€œtreaty, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō β€Ž(β€œfidelity; pledge”). More at true, truce.

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