Obs. Also Sc. 4 tryget, 6 traget, trigit, (? troget). [a. OF. tresgiet, treget (12th c. in Godef.) enchantment, magic, vbl. sb. of tresgeter: see TREGETOUR.] Jugglery; trickery, deceit.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 8675 (Cott.). Sco … stal mi liuand child a-wai; Bot i kneu wel be light o dai O þis treget [v.r. tresun] sco had me don.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, x. (Mathou), 98. Þat gere fele men wene þat þai Throw tryget are goddis verray.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 6267. Sith they cowde not perceyve His treget, and his cruelte. Ibid., 6825. By my treget I gadre & threste The gret tresour into my cheste.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IV. Prol. 247. Of thi trigittis [ed. 1553 tragetis] quhat toung can tell the trible?
b. attrib. or as adj. Juggling, deceitful.
1519. Horman, Vulg., 280 b. A iugler with his treget [pr. troget] castis deceueth mens syght.
