trues, trousers. See trews.

truff, II, 144 f., 14, 24: turf.

trust, II, 307, 34; 379, 4; IV, 494, 37; V, [38], 5: trow, believe, suppose (of the things one would rather not believe).

truste, III, 66, 207: trusty.

trusty tree, III, 92, 8; 116 f., 2, 21; 200, 37; V, [75], 4: an obvious corruption of trystill-tree, a tree appointed for a meeting or assemblage. (Trusty also in later copies of Adam Bell and the Gest for trysty, trystell, which see.)

trusyd, III, 13, 9: trussed, bound up.

tryst, tryste, n., I, 394, A 1; 395, 1; IV, 2, 4, 6: appointment to meet. IV, 413, 7; 414, 3, 4: appointment for wedding. I, 326, 18: market.

tryst, tri(e)st, v., I, 314, 1; II, 270, 3; 272, 4; IV, 201, 8; V, [171], 4: engage, induce, entice, to come, go with. II, 294, 13; IV, 194, 6; 198, 8; 200, 19; 201, 11; 202, K 5: prepare a way for coming, cause to come.

tryst, n. or v., IV, 154, 5: appoint a place, or, appointment of a place.

trystell-tree, trysty-tre, trystyll-tre, tristil-tre, III, 69 f., 274, 286; 71, 298; 75, 387; 76, 412: a tree serving for a meeting-place (of Robin Hood’s band). (In later texts, trusty.)