Obs. Forms: see TRUE a. and -SHIP. [f. TRUE + -SHIP.] Faithfulness, fidelity.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 107. Ȝif þe alde bið butan treuscipe.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 8. Edmodnesse, & þolemodnesse, treoweschipe, & holding of ðe tene olde hesten.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1344. & mayde may luue cheose Þat hire trevschipe ne forleose.
