▪ I. † troke, truke, v. Obs. (exc. dial.)
Forms: 1 trucian, 2–3 truke, 3 trukie, 3–4 troke, 5 truche, (8 dial. truck).
[OE. trucian, ulterior origin unascertained.]
1. intr. To fail; to be wanting or lacking.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. (Th.) II. 42 Ne trucað heora nan ana ðurh unmihte. c 1205 Lay. 16416 Þa iseh Hængest þæt his help trukede [c 1275 trokede]. a 1225 Ancr. R. 68 Bute ȝif þe ilke þridde, oðer stu[n]de trukie. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 105 Til domes-dai ne sal it troken. a 1800 Pegge Suppl. Grose s.v., A cow is said to truck when her milk fails. North. |
b. with dative of person.
| c 1122 O.E. Chron. an. 1090, He underᵹeat þæt his ᵹesworene men him trucedon. a 1225 Ancr. R. 230 Ȝif bileaue him trukede. a 1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 213 Bihold, heie louerd, hu monnes help trukeð me. |
c. To fail or be unable to do something. rare—1.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 1988 Loo here a gloue full of graynes..And þou truches [Dubl. MS. And yf þou thynkes] þaim to tell [L. quod si facere non valebis], þen [etc.]. |
2. trans. To deceive, beguile.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 35 Heo us truket þenne we lest weneð. a 1225 Juliana 7 Ah ha truste upon him þat ne truked na mon. 13.. Sir Beues (A.) 3268 Ful wel him þouȝte..Þat him trokede a gret gile, For he was in þe castel be-loke. |
Hence † troking (truking) vbl. n., failure, lack; deceit; also † troke (truke) n. (rare—1), failure, want, lack.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 Ierusalem bitacneð griþes sihþe, and ierico trukinge of lihte. a 1225 Ancr. R. 12 Þis nis bute a trukunge & a fals gile. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3508 Help ðe nedful ðat he ne be dead, for truke of ðin helpe. |
▪ II. troke, troker
Sc. ff. truck, trucker1.