Middle English plural trewes is formed on singular trewe and later supplies the English singular truce.
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trewes
agreements, pledges
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English · agreement pledgetrewe
agreement, treaty, pledge
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Multiple agreements or pledges furnish the form reanalyzed for one suspension of hostilities.
The cited dictionary explicitly marks trewes as plural.
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Truce — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Middle English trewes, plural of trewe
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