Contionary:troost

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk trōst, from Old Skundavisk trōst, from Halmisk ᛏᚱᛟᚢᛊᛏ (troust), ᛏᚱᛟᚢᛊᛏᛖ (trouste), from Proto-Germanic *traustą.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tro:st/

Noun

troost n. (class 3c, genitive troosts, plural trooste)

1. trust, confidence

   Troost is hard te geten, and ooþ te forleusen.

   Trust is hard to get and easy to lose.

Derived terms

• trøsten