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*drûda-, which could not be from the same root as Goth. trauan, ‘to trust.’ The connection with Gael. drúth, ‘wanton, pert,’ W. drud, ‘bold,’ is obscure; it may be primit. allied (Aryan root dhrū̆).

Treber, plur., ‘husks, grains,’ from the equiv. MidHG. tręber, OHG. trębir, plur.; the corresponding sing. would be trab. Comp. Ic. draf, Du. draf, ‘sediment of a brewing’ (to which drabbe, ‘lees,’ is allied), AS. drœf, E. draff, ‘lees, refuse, dregs’ (late AS. drabbe, ‘lees, dregs, dirt,’ whence E. drab, applied to colour and a woman). If the medial ƀ of the Teut. base draboz, n., could have originated in a guttural, the word might be compared with OIc. dregg (equiv. to E. dregs), and hence be probably allied to Lat. frăces, ‘grounds, dregs of oil’; Aryan root dhraq?. It seems to be also connected more remotely with Trester, ‘husks, skins (of grapes).’

trecken, vb., ‘to drag, haul,’ from the MidHG. trëchen, ‘to drag,’ or rather from the intensive form trecken; allied to Du. and MidLG. trekken.

Treff, n., ‘club’ (at cards), properly Treffle (18th cent.), from Fr. trèfle, ‘clover, trefoil’ (Lat. trifolium).

treffen, vb., ‘to hit, strike; guess; occur, happen,’ from MidHG. trëffen, OHG. trëffan, str. vb., ‘to hit, reach, fight’; comp. AS. drëpan, OIc. drepa, ‘to hit, push, strike.’ As to the Teut. root drep (pre-Teut. dhreb) contained in these cognates, nothing positive can be asserted. Comp. Eintracht.

Treffen, n., ‘encounter, engagement’; even in MidHG. trëffen, n.; an infinitive used as a subst., from MidHG. trëffen, ‘to fight.’ See triftig.

treiben, vb., ‘to drive, impel,’ from the equiv. MidHG. trîben, OHG. trîban, str. vb.; corresponding to OSax. drîƀan, ‘to drive, drive away, exercise,’ Du. drijven, ‘to drive, carry on (a business), fly, swim,’ E. to drive (AS. drîfan), OIc. drífa, ‘to hasten,’ Goth. dreiban, ‘to drive.’ The Teut. str. verbal root drī̆b (from Aryan dhrī̆bh ?, dhrī̆p?), ‘to move quickly, drive,’ has not yet been found in the other Aryan languages. See Trift.

treideln, vb., ‘to tow a boat,’ ModHG. only; a LG. loan-word; comp. the equiv. Du. treilen (AS. trœglian, E. to trail). On account of Fr. trailler, ‘to pull,’ which is probably a corresponding term, treideln has been supposed to be connected with

Lat. trahere. There is no need, however, to ascribe the cognates to a non-Teut. origin.

trendeln, trenteln, vb., ‘to dawdle, loiter,’ lit. ‘to turn, move this way and that,’ from late MidHG. tręndeln, ‘to turn,’ allied to MidHG. tręndel, ‘ball, top,’ which, like AS. tręndel, ‘sphere’ (E. trendle), and Du. omtrent, ‘towards, on, about’ (Dan. and Swed. trind, ‘round’), are connected with a root trend, ‘to move in a circle.’

trennen, vb., ‘to separate, sever,’ from MidHG. and OHG. tręnnen (older *trannjan), wk. vb., ‘to split, separate, cleave,’ lit. ‘to partition off’; factitive of MidHG. trinnen, ‘to run away, separate’ (comp. abtrünnig). This verbal stem is unknown to the other Teut. languages, and hence its primit. Teut. and pre-Teut. form and meaning cannot be ascertained.

Trense, f., ‘snaffle,’ ModHG. only, a LG. word; comp. Du. trens. The early history of the word is obscure; it is doubtful whether it has been borrowed from Span. trenza, ‘plait, braid (of hair).’

Treppe, f., ‘stairs, staircase,’ from MidHG. (MidG.) tręppe, trappe, m. and f., ‘stairs, step’; corresponding to Du. trap. This word (for which Stiege occurs in UpG.) belongs to the cognates of trappen (see under trampeln), which are likewise of MidG. and LG. origin; the HG. form (of the 16th and 17th cents.) is properly Trepfe.

Trespe, f., ‘brome-grass,’ a Sax. and Siles. word, from MidHG. (MidG.) trësp, ‘darnel,’ with the genuine HG. variants trëfs, trëfse, m. Modern Ger. dialects (e.g., Thuringian) have Treff (Swab. trefz), so that an orig. term trëf is probable. Allied to Du. dravik, MidE. drauk (AS. *drafoc); non-Teut. cognates are wanting.

Tresse, f., ‘lace, braid (of hair),’ ModHG. only, from Fr. tresse.

Trester, plur., ‘husks, grape-skins,’ from MidHG. tręster, OHG. trestir, plur., ‘grains, residue.’ The similarity in meaning to Treber, ‘grains,’ points to a primit. kinship of OHG. trębir and tręstir (comp. also AS. dœrstan, ‘lees’), so that tręstir would represent *trefstir or *tręhstir. Pruss. drag(illegible text)os, OSlov. drożdiję and droštija, ‘lees,’ which are primit. allied to these words, are also similarly related.

treten, vb., ‘to tread, proceed, step,’ from the equiv. MidHG. trëten, OHG. trëtan; a common Teut. str. vb.; corresponding to OSax. and AS. trëdan, E. to tread, Du. treden, Goth. trudan. Comp.