▪ I. † ˈtristy, a.1 Obs.
Also 4 tristi, trysti, 4–5 trysty.
[f. trist a.1 + -y1.]
1. Trustful, confident: = trusty a. 1.
| c 1325 Spec. Gy Warw. 477 Put al þin hope in god almiht, And tristi hope to him þou haue. 1382 Wyclif Prol. Bible iii. 4 This..shulde make men trysty in Goddis help. |
2. Trustworthy, faithful: = trusty a. 2.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 763 If ten trysty in toune be tan in þi werkkez, Wylt þou mese þy mode & menddyng abyde? c 1375 Cursor M. 13365 (Fairf.) Þe bridegome dide þidder calle His maste tristi [Cott. specialiest] frendis alle. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 7806 Þai were tristy, and a bote bryng To lede þein his body. 1483 Cath. Angl. 393/2 Tristy, vbi trewe (A.). |
b. Of things: Reliable; secure: = trusty a. 2 b.
| 13.. Cast. Love (Halliw.) 690 On trysti [v.r. trusti] roche heo stondeth fast. 1340–70 Alisaunder 952 Till hee had take þe toune þat tristy was holde. c 1350 Will. Palerne 1147 Boþe partiȝes prestly a-paraylde hem..Of alle tristy a-tir þat to batayle longed. |
▪ II. † ˈtristy, a.2 Obs.
Also 5 trysty.
[f. trist a.2 + -y1.]
Sad, sorrowful; in quot. 14.., dark or dull-coloured (= sad a. 8).
| ? c 1400 Lydg. æsop's Fab. iii. 88 The sheepe condempned, tristy and pale of hewe. 14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 114 Ne forred with armyn nor with trysty gray. ? a 1600 in Ashm. Theat. Chem. (1652) 264 The King was tristy and heavy of cheere. |