Obs. Also 4 trystor, -ere, -er, 5 -yre, tristur. [a. OF. tristre (12th c. in Godef.), phonetic variant of triste, TRIST sb.2 (In OF. tristre appears later than triste; but in ME. tristre is the earlier.)] = TRIST sb.2
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 332. Tristre is þer me sit mid þe greahundes forte kepen þe hearde, oðer tillen þe nettes aȝean ham.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1146. A hundreth of hunteres, as I haf herde telle, of þe best; To trystors vewters ȝod.
c. 1410. Master of Game (MS. Digby 182), xv. Þe baytyng of þe bull and huntyng of þe wilde boore,… with grehoundes at þe tristre.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., xxx. 208. I stande at my tristur, when othere men shones.
1483. Cath. Angl., 393/2. Trystyre, staciuncula (A.).
