Obs. treuth-hede, treuthede, truthhede, trouth-hedd, 5 trowþehede, trouþhede. [f. TRUTH, TROTH + -HEAD.] Faithfulness, loyalty.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 97 (Cott.). Of hir godnes and hir treuthede [v.rr. trouth-hedd, trouþhede]. Ibid., 4423. For þi leute and þi truthhede [v.r. treuth-hede].
14[?]. R. Gloucester’s Chron. (Rolls), 7370. Uor he wolde þat alle men schulde se his trewþehede [Cott. MS. trewehede].
