v. Obs. rare. [irreg. f. TRIST v. + -EN5.] = TRIST v. Hence † Tristening vbl. sb. (Cf. TRUSTEN.)
1382. Wyclif, 2 Cor. i. 15. And in this tristnynge [1388 tristyng, Vulg. confidentia] I wolde firste come to ȝou. Ibid. (1388), Eph. iii. 12 [see TRUSTEN].
