▪ I. † trist, n.1 Obs.
Also 3–5 triste, 4–5 tryst(e, (5 thrist).
[App. etymologically related to traist, trust; but the nature of the relation is not clear; see further under trust n.]
Confidence, faith; confident expectation, hope: = trust n. 1, 2.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 75 Trist to longe lif letteð þe mannes shrifte. 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 7228 Of swych, here wombes are here Cryst; Þat ys here loue, þat ys here tryst. c 1330 ― Chron. (1810) 103 My triste is laid on þe duke Roberd. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 98 (154) Thei hadde a relyk hight Palladion That was hire tryst [v.rr. trist, trost] a bouen euerichon. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Siche signes drawen fro love of Crist þo þat setten so meche trist in hem. 1388 ― Matt. ix. 22 Jhesus turnede, and say hir, and seide, Douȝtir, haue thou trist [1382 trust]. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 30 He haþ no tryst of preching..he haþ only þe name of prest. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) ii. xliii. (1859) 49 Thylke also, that vppon the tryste of mercy haue leyn in theyr lustes to theyr lyues ende. c 1440 York Myst. xviii. 13 All my triste, lord, is in þe. 1483 Cath. Angl. 393/2 Triste, fiducia ex bona consciencia est, confidencia temeritatis est, & cetera. |
▪ II. † trist, n.2 Obs.
Forms: 4 tryste, 4–5 tryst, triste, 5 trest, treste, tryyst.
[a. OF. triste (12th c. in Godef.); cf. tristre: in med.L. trista, tristra. Derivation obscure; perh. the same word as prec.]
An appointed station in hunting.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 858 To venerye he gaf his tent; An herde of hertes sone þey met, At a triste [v.r. at triste] to schete, Brutus was set. 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 613/22 Statuncula, a tryst. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 503/1 Tryyst, merke, limes, C.F. meta. 1470–85 Malory Arthur xviii. xxi. 764 They..coude wel kylle a dere bothe at the stalke & at the trest. [1607 Cowell Interpr., Tritis, alias Tristis, is an immunitie from that attendance, in the forest, whereby euery man dwelling in the forest, is tyed to be readie, houlding of a Greyhound, when the Lord of the Forest is disposed to chace. 1799 Sporting Mag. XIII. 321 The diversion named the Traist or Trista. 1882 J. F. S. Gordon Hist. Moray iii. v. 102 He..sounded with his horn the death-note of many a deer in the trystas which he held with his nobles in the royal forests.] |
b. gen. A station assigned; appointed place, rendezvous. Cf. tryst n. 4.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 157 Acres þan is his [K. Richard's] triste, opon þe Sarazin feendes, To venge Jhesu Criste þiderward he wendes. Ibid. 179 Þe Inglis at þer triste bifor þam bare alle doun, & R. als him liste þe way had redy roun. |
▪ III. trist, n.3
see trist a.2
▪ IV. † trist, a.1 Obs.
Also 4 tryst, tryste, 5 triste.
[Goes with trist n.1]
1. Confident, sure: = trust a. 1.
| 1340–70 [implied in tristly]. c 1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3888 Of him ye myght be trist inogh. |
2. Trusty, trustworthy, faithful: = trust a. 2.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1108 Anacletus graunted wel, Ȝyf Brutus wold be tryst as stel Þat his lyf he wolde hym saue. Ibid. 3564 Þe walles he reisede trist & trewe. c 1400 Destr. Troy 12634 To trye out the truthe with his trist hond, On what buerne so was bold þe batell to take. 1540 Registr. Aberdon. (Maitl. Cl.) I. 416 Letter from þe King praying his trist consalour þe bischop and weilbelouit clarkis of Abirdene to consent. |
▪ V. trist, a.2 (n.3) (obs. or arch.);
in ordinary use now only as Fr. ‖ triste (trist). Also 5 tryst, tryste.
[a. F. triste (10th c. in Godef. Compl.) = Prov. trist, triste, Sp., Pg. triste, It. tristo, ad. L. tristis sad, sorrowful, gloomy.]
1. Feeling or expressing sorrow; sad, sorrowful, melancholy.
| c 1420 Lydg. Thebes 1956 Whan Tydeus hadde told his tale, Ethiocles, trist and wonder pale, his conceyt first in maner hath refreyned. 1474 Caxton Chesse ii. v. (1883) 71 Hyt apperteyneth not to a prynce that ony man shold departe sorowfull or tryste fro hym. 1513 Douglas æneis xi. vi. 2 Thyr messingeris, all trist and wobegon, Returnit haymwartis into thar maist neid. 1600 Fairfax Tasso xiii. xxix, A bitter sorrow by the hart him bit,..sad, silent, trist, Alone he would all day in darknes sit. 1702 Vanbrugh False Friend i. i, I staid in Flanders, very trist for your loss. 1775 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 112 The Russian nobleman..had a most triste, foreign countenance. 1820 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) II. 18 The populace have a more triste and grave appearance. 1851 Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. II. 410 His hitherto cheerful countenance [was] triste and worn. |
b. Characterized by or causing sorrow; sad, doleful, lamentable.
| c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 6741 Eftirward fell tyme triste. 1513 Douglas æneis x. v. 142 The comete stern sanguynolent, Wyth hys red cullour trist and violent. 1667 Waterhouse Fire Lond. 83 Not more trist to other parts of the World and to this nation in general, then to Me in particular. 1768 Earl Carlisle in Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. (1843) II. 285 It is a triste reflection. 1888 ‘P. Cushing’ Blacksmith of Voe II. xi. 267 What a trist fate, elenge, sombre, and pitiful! |
2. Devoid of interest or liveliness; dull, depressing, dismal, dreary. (Only in form triste, as Fr.)
| ? 1756 H. Walpole Lett. Aug. (1846) III. 239 The great apartment is vast and triste, the whole leanly furnished. 1805 Emily Clark Banks of Douro II. 135 To live constantly at my house will be a situation too triste for you. 1835 Court Mag. VI. 188/2 A family going to Bath..without introductions to the élite of the town, will pass a most triste and deplorable winter. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella III. 158 Life was often triste and dull in the great house. |
† B. n.3 Sadness, sorrow, affliction. Obs. rare.
| a 1510 Douglas K. Hart ii. 380 That is ane sing [= sign] befoir ane hevie trist! |
Hence ˈtristeness, dullness, dreariness. rare.
| 1866 M. Lemon Wait for the End xxxiv. 442 The mirthfulness of the guests..was in pleasing contrast to the tristeness of the morning gathering. |
▪ VI. † trist, v. Obs.
Forms: 3–5 triste, 4–6 trist, tryst(e, (6–7 Sc. thrist). pa. tense 4 tristide, 5 tristed; usually contr. 3–5 triste, 5 trist, tryst.
[Goes with trist n.1: cf. traist v., trust v.]
1. intr. To have confidence; to confide, rely (in, on, upon, to): = trust v. 1.
| a 1250 Owl & Night. 760 Ich kan wit & song manteine Ne triste ich to non oþer maine. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1697 He triste to mykel on his myght. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus v. 1709 O Pandarus that in dremes for to triste Me blamed hast. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 347 Whoso fayliþ in feiþ he is fals to god, & tristiþ not to hijs treuthe. 1382 ― Mark vi. 50 He spak with hem, and seide to hem, Triste ȝe, I am; nyle ȝe drede. ? a 1400 Arthur 428 Arthour..tryst on god, & was wel payd. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. v. (1869) 3 Seint Peeter, in whom he wel triste, and certeyn wel mihte triste in him. c 1475 Songs & Carols (Percy Soc.) 11 Few be trew to tryst upon. |
2. trans. To have confidence in, rely on: = trust v. 2.
| a 1272 Luue Ron 56 in O.E. Misc. 94 Nis he neuer treowe ifunde. Þat him tristeþ he is amed. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 257 He tok to him suche as he triste In secre. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas i. x. (MS. Bodl. 263) 48/2 As a brother sholde his brother triste. a 1500 Childe of Bristow 154 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 116 Frendship, sone, is ylle to triste. |
3. To expect confidently, hope: = trust v. 3. (Const. with clause, or intr. with of.)
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 217 Ich triste þat he nele neng bi mine wrihte. a 1400–50 Alexander 1344 Of þe takyng of tire tristed þai no lenger. 1433 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 425/1 He takith hym nowe so nygh, tristyng yat it shall lyke the Kyng. |
4. To believe: = trust v. 4. (With simple obj. or clause.)
| 1340–70 Alisaunder 489 Sir, I tolde you trouth, trist yee no nooþer. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 33 Þey..dysceyuen..lordis & ladies..& maken hem to triste þat it is almes to distroye trewe men. ? a 1400 Arthur 545 Þer ys no man wel nye, y tryste, Þat can be waar of hadde wyste. |
5. To give credit to (a person for goods); to supply (goods to a person) on credit: = trust v. 7. Sc.
| 1583 Leg. Bp. St Androis 1046 Ye wald doe weill gif ye wald thrist me... Ye salbe payit... Your tristene sall not be for nought. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj., Burrow Lawes cxxx. 136 Browsters, Fleshers, and Baikers sall lenne (and thirst) to their neighbours aill, flesh, and bread, sa long as they buy fra them. |
▪ VII. trist
obs. f. trest, tryst.