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† unˈtroth Obs.
[un-1 12. Cf. troth n., untruth, and wantroth.]
1. Unfaithfulness, treachery; = untruth 1. (Common c 1385–c 1450.)
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 1448 He þought ay wel he hadde his lady lorn, And þat Ioues..Hym shewed hadde in sleep þe signyfyaunce Of hire vntroþe. c1384― H. Fame i. 384 But weleaway the harme the routhe That hath betyd for suche vntrouthe. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. 8 Bot Robert..for no t[h]ynge wold do thynge wher-of he myght be þer-after i-wyted of wntrowth. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour E viii b, He slewe his broder Amon that suche desloyalte and untrouth had done to his Suster. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxxxi. 313 The kyng..pituously complayned hym of y⊇ untrouthe of his men, shewyng howe they had all forsaken him. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI, 154 b, The capitaines perceyuing their vntrought & trayterous demeanour, retrayted themselves into the Castell or Palaice, where..they sore molested and vexed the vntrew citizens. 1606G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine xi. 45 Which deed..might rather be imputed to the oresight of light credit, then to any vntroth or infidelity.
b. Wickedness, mischief. rare.
1470–85Malory Arthur xvii. viii. 702 Thenne dyd they grete vntrouthe; they slewe clerkes and preestes. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop i. iv, The euylle hongry peple..by theyr grete vntrouthe and malyce robben..the poure folke.
2. Unbelief; = untruth 2.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 204 Þe fadir..seide, Sire, Y bileve; helpe myn untrouþe. a1395Hylton Scala Perf. ii. vi. (Bodl. MS.), Þei schulden streiȝt flee to heuene,..hadde þei do neuer so myche synne bifore in time of her vntrouþe. c1400Apol. Loll. 28 Crist..miȝt not do ani vertu þer, for þe vntrouþ.
3. Falsehood; = untruth 3.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 687 This false knyght was slayn for his vntrouthe. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. xv. 234 Thei worschipiden God bi ydolatrie, and therfore by vntrouthe. a1592Greene Alphonsus ii. ii, If you find my words to be vntroth, Then let me die to recompence the wrong.
b. = untruth 3 b.
1581T. Howell Deuises I ij, A false vntroth to me the same doth seeme. 1598R. Bernard tr. Terence, Phormio ii. ii, If then I had spoken an vntroath. 1623Fletcher & Rowley Maid in Mill iv. i, There will be a yard of dissimulation At least (City measure) and cut upon an untroth or two.
†4. A company (of summoners). Obs.—0
1486Bk. St. Albans f vi b, An vntrouth of sompneris. |