handfastly | adv. In a handfast or publicly pledged manner. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ] |
handfast | n. |
handfast | a. Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ] |
handfast | v. t. ☞ Handfasting was a simple contract of agreement under which cohabitation was permitted for a year, at the end of which time the contract could be either dissolved or made permanent by a formal marriage. Such marriages, at first probably not intended to be temporary, are supposed to have originated in Scotland from a scarcity of clergy, and to have existed at times in other countries. [ Century Dict. 1906. ] |
handfast | a. [ G. handfest; hand hand + fest strong. See Fast. ] Strong; steadfast.[ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
handfast | n. การตกลงด้วยการจับมือ |
handfast | n. |
handfast | a. Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ] |
handfast | v. t. ☞ Handfasting was a simple contract of agreement under which cohabitation was permitted for a year, at the end of which time the contract could be either dissolved or made permanent by a formal marriage. Such marriages, at first probably not intended to be temporary, are supposed to have originated in Scotland from a scarcity of clergy, and to have existed at times in other countries. [ Century Dict. 1906. ] |
handfast | a. [ G. handfest; hand hand + fest strong. See Fast. ] Strong; steadfast.[ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
handfastly | adv. In a handfast or publicly pledged manner. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ] |