† truandise Obs.
Forms: 3 truw-, 4 treu-, trowandise, -is, truandis, 4–5 -ise, 5 trewaundise, trowandyse, -aundyse, -antyse, -entyze, truaundise, trwandyse, -aundise, 5–6 trewandise, -yse, 6 truantisse.
[a. OF. truandise (13th c. in Godef.), f. truand truant (q.v.) + -ise, suffix:—L. -itia: see -ise2.]
1. Fraudulent begging; vagabondage; roguery, knavery.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 330 Mid iseli truwandise heo hut [= hides] euer hire god, & scheaweð forð hire pouerte. c 1400 Rom. Rose 3954 Which han assailed hym to shende, And with her trowandyse to blynde. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxiii. (1869) 148 Whan I make hem thus to bere the dish of trewaundise. 1547 Bk. Marchauntes c vij b, Thus can these fyne marchants by wyls [= wiles] and trewandise fructifie at the expence of other. |
2. Idle or loitering ways or habits; idleness.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 253 Þoo..Þat won..es to wast Þair liif in trofel and truandis [Gött. trowandis, Trin. trewandise]. c 1400 Rom. Rose 6664 Seynt poule..bade thappostles forto wirche And wynnen her lyflode in that wise And hem defended truaundise. c 1440 Jacob's Well 104 Whanne þou..in tyme of lernyng, ȝeuyst þe to trowaundyse. |