trow

[ troh ]

verb (used with or without object)Archaic.
  1. to believe, think, or suppose.

Origin of trow

1
before 900; Middle English trowen,Old English trēow(i)an to believe, derivative of trēow belief; akin to Old Norse trūa,German trauen,Gothic trauan to trust, believe. See trust, true

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How to use trow in a sentence

  • This also is one of the articles of belief in Shetland, with regard to the trows, as the trolls are there called.

    Fians, Fairies and Picts | David MacRitchie
  • For, in Shetland, the Finns are even yet "reckoned among the Trows."

    The Testimony of Tradition | David MacRitchie
  • We have, moreover, seen that the same "conical, green mounds" are remembered in Orkney and Shetland as the homes of the "trows."

    The Testimony of Tradition | David MacRitchie
  • A Shetlander lying awake in bed before day one morning, heard the noise of a party of Trows passing by his door.

    The Fairy Mythology | Thomas Keightley
  • The Trows are of a diminutive stature, and they are usually dressed in gay green garments.

    The Fairy Mythology | Thomas Keightley

British Dictionary definitions for trow

trow

/ (trəʊ) /


verb
  1. archaic to think, believe, or trust

Origin of trow

1
Old English treow; related to Old Frisian triūwe, Old Saxon treuwa, Old High German triuwa; see troth, true

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