† tristre Obs.
Also 4 trystor, -ere, -er, 5 -yre, tristur.
[a. OF. tristre (12th c. in Godef.), phonetic variant of triste, trist n.2 (In OF. tristre appears later than triste; but in ME. tristre is the earlier.)]
= trist n.2
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 332 Tristre is þer me sit mid þe greahundes forte kepen þe hearde, oðer tillen þe nettes aȝean ham. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1146 A hundreth of hunteres, as I haf herde telle, of þe best; To trystors vewters ȝod. c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xv, Þe baytyng of þe bull and huntyng of þe wilde boore,..with grehoundes at þe tristre. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxx. 208, I stande at my tristur, when othere men shones. 1483 Cath. Angl. 393/2 Trystyre, staciuncula (A.). |