And the remembrancer of her to hold The hand-fast to her lord. I have given him that
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Handfast
Synonyms for "handfast" (2 found)
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7 translations across 7 languages.
Danish
1 entries- håndfæstning noun (contract)
Dutch
1 entries- handvest noun (contract)
French
1 entries- poignée de main noun (contract)
German
1 entries- Handfest noun (contract)
Norwegian
1 entries- håndfast adj (strong; steadfast)
Spanish
1 entries- atado de las manos noun (contract)
Swedish
1 entries- handfast adj (strong; steadfast)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
No, Sir Priest or Sir Preacher, Catherine is not my wife— […] she is not my wife, but she is handfasted with me, and that makes her as honest a woman. [...] When we are handfasted, as we term it, we are man and wife for a year and a day—that space gone by, each may chuse another mate, or, at their pleasure, may call the priest to marry them for life—and this we call handfasting.
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Would the lass but consent to go abroad in the unhallowed place at this awful season and hour of the night, she was as firmly handfasted to the Devil as if she had signed a bond with her own blood; […]
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A vyrgine made handfast to Christ.
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