trow

Meanings

Verb

• To trust or believe.
• To have confidence in, or to give credence to.

Noun

• Trust or faith.
• Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods.
• Troll.

Origin

• From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan 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").
• Akin to Scots trow, trew, 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").