v. Obs. exc. dial. [irreg. f. TRUST v. + -EN5.] = TRUST v. (Cf. TRISTEN.)
13[?]. Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.), in Herrig’s Archiv, LVII. 288. Trustneþ not in ȝor wyues Ne in ȝour children.
13[?]. Propr. Sanct., ibid. LXXXI. 312/164. Tresur of seluer and of golde, He may not passe to heuene þen, Whil he trustneþ vppon hem.
1382. Wyclif, Eph. iii. 12. In whom we han trust and nyȝ comynge, in trustnynge [1388 tristenyng] by the feith of him.
1861. Geo. Eliot, Silas M., xvi. All as we’ve got to do is to trusten.
1895. [T. Pinnock], T. Brown’s Black Country Ann. (E.D.D.). If he trespasses on my ground, he knows what he’s got to trusten to.
