a. Obs. [OE. tréowfæst, f. tréowe, TRUE + fæst, FAST a.] Faithful. Hence † Truefastness Obs., faithfulness.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. xxv. 21. Wel ðe la god ðeʓn and trewufæst.
a. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Th.) cx. 5 [cxi. 7]. Wærun his bebodu ealle treowfæste.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 89. Þa weren þer igedered wiðinne þere buruh of ierusalem trowfeste men of elchere þeode. Ibid., 99. Þe halie gast … onlihte ure mod … mid gode dedan and trewfestnesse.
1532. Thynne’s Chaucer, Lydgate’s Ball. our Lady, 78. O trustie turtle truefastest [MSS. trewest] of all true.
