tref
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tref
< Yiddish treyf < Hebrew ṭərēphāh “torn flesh,” literally, “something torn”
Example Sentences
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Clean, according to Jewish ritual law; opposed to tref, unclean.
From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary
Galiot comes to see after Lancelot, daultre part fut gallehault leue, & vint a son tref veoir son compaignon.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
He promises to do all he can for her; Et se il estoit or en mon tref, si y conuiendroit il aultre voulente que le vostre & que la mienne.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
Latin septem, Welsh blynedd, saith mlynedd; Irish tir, “country,” i d-tir, “in a country,” Welsh tref, “town,” yn nhref, “in a town,” cf.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
“Allez auant & dictes a mes barons quilz assemblent maintenant a monstre si honnorablement comme ilz pourront, et gardez que en mon tref soient tous les deduys que len pourra trouuer en xxxvi tout lost.”
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
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