Obs. Also 4 tristi, trysti, 4–5 trysty. [f. TRIST a.1 + -Y1.]
1. Trustful, confident: = TRUSTY a. 1.
c. 1325. Spec. Gy Warw., 477. Put al þin hope in god almiht, And tristi hope to him þou haue.
1382. Wyclif, Prol. Bible, iii. 4. This … shulde make men trysty in Goddis help.
2. Trustworthy, faithful: = TRUSTY a. 2.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 763. If ten trysty in toune be tan in þi werkkez, Wylt þou mese þy mode & menddyng abyde?
c. 1375. Cursor M., 13365 (Fairf.). Þe bridegome dide þidder calle His maste tristi [Cott. specialiest] frendis alle.
c. 1450. St. Cuthbert (Surtees), 7806. Þai were tristy, and a bote bryng To lede þein his body.
1483. Cath. Angl., 393/2. Tristy, vbi trewe (A.).
b. Of things: Reliable; secure: = TRUSTY a. 2 b.
13[?]. Cast. Love (Halliw.) 690. On trysti [v.r. trusti] roche heo stondeth fast.
1340–70. Alisaunder, 952. Till hee had take þe toune þat tristy was holde.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 1147. Boþe partiȝes prestly a-paraylde hem … Of alle tristy a-tir þat to batayle longed.
