tref

American  

[treyf] / treɪf /

Also trayf,

adjective

1. Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.

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tref British  

/ ˈtreɪfə, treɪf /

adjective

1. Judaism ritually unfit to be eaten; not kosher

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Etymology

Origin of tref

< Yiddish treyf < Hebrew ṭərēphāh “torn flesh,” literally, “something torn”

Example Sentences

Galiot comes to see after Lancelot, daultre part fut gallehault leue, & vint a son tref veoir son compaignon.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

Or in the original Welsh: "Melldith Duw ar Maesyfelin Ar bob carreg, dan bob gwreiddyn, Am daflu blodeu tref Llandyfri Ar ei ben i Deifi i foddi."

From Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore by Lewes, Mary L.

Lors sen va en son tref, et prent deux des hommes du monde ou plus il se fie, et leur dist, “Venez auec moy et vous verrez le plus riche homme du monde.”

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

He promises to do all he can for her; Et se il estoit or en mon tref, si y conuiendroit il aultre voulente que le vostre & que la mienne.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

Latin septem, Welsh blynedd, saith mlynedd; Irish tir, “country,” i d-tir, “in a country,” Welsh tref, “town,” yn nhref, “in a town,” cf.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various