Definition of Handfasted

1. Verb. (past of handfast) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Handfasted

1. handfast [v] - See also: handfast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handfasted

handed
handed-down
handed down
handed in
handed off
handed out
handedly
handedness
handednesses
handegg
handeggs
hander
handers
handes
handfast
handfasted (current term)
handfasting
handfastings
handfastly
handfasts
handfed
handfish
handfishes
handflower
handflowers
handful
handfull
handfuls
handgonne
handgonnes

Literary usage of Handfasted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"Mention is made in some histories of Scotland that Kobert II. was handfasted to Elizabeth More before he married Euphemia Hoss, daughter of Hugh, ..."

2. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"When we are handfasted, as we term it, we are man and wife for a year and ... handfasted 1"—repeated Warden. "Then," saia the preacher, " I tell thee, ..."

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