BETROTH, BETROTHAL, BETROTHED
ADJECTIVES
1200 ► HANDFAST betrothed, contracted by the joining of hands; espoused → obs.
1535 ► HANDFASTED betrothed, contracted or engaged by joining of hands → obs.
1574 ► AFFIANCED betrothed, engaged to be married → arch.
1591 ► AFFIED betrothed, engaged to be married; affianced → obs.
1755 ► AFFIDATE betrothed, affianced → Sc. obs.
NOUNS
1530 ► HANDFASTING betrothal → obs.
1545 ► HANDFASTENING betrothal → obs.
1611 ► HANDFAST a betrothal or marriage contract; a contract or covenant → obs.
1823 ► HEART-BOND betrothal, a unions of hearts
1885 ► HAND-PROMISE a betrothal, troth-plight → Ireland
NOUNS, PERSON
1388 ► SPOUSESS a betrothed or affianced woman → obs.
1827 ► FUTURE a person who is affianced in marriage; one’s betrothed
VERBS
1200 ► HANDFAST to betroth; to make a contract of marriage between parties by joining of hands → obs.
1300 ► FAST to betroth; to make fast in wedlock; to wed → obs.
1384 ► SICKER to betroth a woman to one → obs.
1609 ► AFFIANCE to betroth oneself; to become engaged to be married
1880 ► TOKEN to betroth, to promise in marriage → Eng. dial.
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