handfastingn.

Brit.

/ˈhan(d)fɑːstɪŋ/,

/ˈhan(d)fastɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d)ˌfæstɪŋ/

Forms: see handfast v. and -ing suffix¹; also Scottish pre-1700 hantfastene, 1700s handfisting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: handfast v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < handfast v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare Old Frisian hondfestinge document authenticated by a signature, Middle Low German hantvestinge document confirming an agreement or pact, legal document, privilege, bond of debt. Compare earlier hand-fastening n. and later handfast n. II., and the Germanic parallels cited at those entries.

Now historical.

1. Engagement to be married, betrothal; the ceremony in which this formally takes place. Now historical.Records of handfasting ceremonies in England in the 16th and 17th centuries show that these typically involved the joining of hands, the swearing of oaths, kissing, and the exchange of rings.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun]

truthc1300

betrothingc1315

truthingc1350

espousala1393

troth-plighta1393

desponsationa1400

troth-plightingc1400

ensurance1469

fiançailles1477

handfasting1483

assurancea1513

assuring1530

suring1530

contract1551

insurancea1556

trothing1565

despousage1570

betrothment1585

contracting1585

affiancing1596

spousage1596

espousage1599

handfasta1616

desponsories1645

hand-fastening1662

disposories1668

contraction1702

engagement1811

plightage1819

betrothal1844

heart-bond1887

introduction1965

kwanjula1973

1483 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. Introd. p. cxxviii George Clapane..producit a contract of mariage to be made and a instrument of hantfastene of hir and his soun; the Lordis therefter..decretis and deliveris that the hantfasting of the said Margret with the said Georgis soun suld nocht bere the proffit of hir mariage fra our said soverane Lord.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 183 Vnes fiansayles, an assuryng or handfastynge of folkes to be maryed.

1573 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 241 This examinate, and all other that was requiered to the said handfasting, dyned that day at the said Ferrye house.

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 167 After they had in their handfasting, solemnly professed before God..they would live [etc.].

a1632 T. Taylor Christs Victorie over Dragon (1633) 18 What is the whole booke of Canticles, but an holy description of the holy handfasting and contracting of this holy couple.

1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France x. 559 The first Friday in Lent the Ceremony of their Hand-fasting and Betrothing was performed.

1691 Nicholson Gloss. Northanhymbricum in J. Ray Coll. Words 142 Hand-festing. Contractus Matrimonialis.

1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 346/2 The northern nations, including the English and the Scotch, called this ceremony [sc. betrothment] by the expressive term, hand-fasting, or hand-fastning.

1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 5 The betrothal, or handfasting.

1910 Notes & Queries 26 Feb. 177/1 The handfasting was generally followed by an interchange of gifts.

1997 D. Cressy Birth, Marriage & Death (2002) xi. 273 Handfasting was conducted with ritual solemnity in the Elizabethan north, though..the ceremony seemed to decline from the early seventeenth century.

2. An uncanonical, private, or (esp. in Scotland) probationary form of marriage (now historical). Now also: a form of marriage practised in neopaganism, Wicca, etc.In Scotland the custom of making probationary marriages, typically for a year and a day, after which the union would be formalized by a clergyman if its continuance was mutually agreed, persisted until the 18th cent. See J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.(1808) (at cited word).Modern handfasting ceremonies frequently involve the physical binding of the couple's hands together as a symbol of their union.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] > treated as private or probationary marriage

handfasting1541

1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Christen State Matrimonye f. xlviii^v In some places..at the handfastynge there is made a great feast & superflous bancket, & euen the same night are the two handfasted persones brought & layed together, yee certayne wekes afore they go [to] the church.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 (1790) i. 91 Among the various customs now obsolete, the most curious was that of hand-fisting, in use about a century past.

1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 615 At the fair, it was the custom for the unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion, according to their liking, with whom they were to live till that time next year. This was called hand fasting, or hand in fist.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. xi. 312 When we are handfasted, as we term it, we are man and wife for a year and 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.

1888 J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington 371 In vol. XXI of the Surtees Soc. publications..interesting instances will be found of such handfasting (as it was called) in private houses or elsewhere, being proved and recognised in court.

1920 P. Vinogradoff Outl. Hist. Jurispr. I. ii. v. 245 A previous union by handfasting had been formed between Earl Angus and the Lady of Trackquayre.

1957 E. E. Evans Irish Folk Ways (1967) xviii. 262 Like the Scottish hand-fasting, the system allowed the husband to test the usefulness and fertility of the wife.

2001 K. Clark Irish Bk. Shadows xix. 231 The celebration of a handfasting is perhaps the most joyous in the Wiccan faith.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	handfasting
释义	handfastingn. Brit. /ˈhan(d)fɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈhan(d)fastɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌfæstɪŋ/ Forms: see handfast v. and -ing suffix¹; also Scottish pre-1700 hantfastene, 1700s handfisting. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: handfast v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < handfast v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare Old Frisian hondfestinge document authenticated by a signature, Middle Low German hantvestinge document confirming an agreement or pact, legal document, privilege, bond of debt. Compare earlier hand-fastening n. and later handfast n. II., and the Germanic parallels cited at those entries. Now historical. 1. Engagement to be married, betrothal; the ceremony in which this formally takes place. Now historical.Records of handfasting ceremonies in England in the 16th and 17th centuries show that these typically involved the joining of hands, the swearing of oaths, kissing, and the exchange of rings. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] truthc1300 betrothingc1315 truthingc1350 espousala1393 troth-plighta1393 desponsationa1400 troth-plightingc1400 ensurance1469 fiançailles1477 handfasting1483 assurancea1513 assuring1530 suring1530 contract1551 insurancea1556 trothing1565 despousage1570 betrothment1585 contracting1585 affiancing1596 spousage1596 espousage1599 handfasta1616 desponsories1645 hand-fastening1662 disposories1668 contraction1702 engagement1811 plightage1819 betrothal1844 heart-bond1887 introduction1965 kwanjula1973 1483 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. Introd. p. cxxviii George Clapane..producit a contract of mariage to be made and a instrument of hantfastene of hir and his soun; the Lordis therefter..decretis and deliveris that the hantfasting of the said Margret with the said Georgis soun suld nocht bere the proffit of hir mariage fra our said soverane Lord. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 183 Vnes fiansayles, an assuryng or handfastynge of folkes to be maryed. 1573 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 241 This examinate, and all other that was requiered to the said handfasting, dyned that day at the said Ferrye house. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 167 After they had in their handfasting, solemnly professed before God..they would live [etc.]. a1632 T. Taylor Christs Victorie over Dragon (1633) 18 What is the whole booke of Canticles, but an holy description of the holy handfasting and contracting of this holy couple. 1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France x. 559 The first Friday in Lent the Ceremony of their Hand-fasting and Betrothing was performed. 1691 Nicholson Gloss. Northanhymbricum in J. Ray Coll. Words 142 Hand-festing. Contractus Matrimonialis. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 346/2 The northern nations, including the English and the Scotch, called this ceremony [sc. betrothment] by the expressive term, hand-fasting, or hand-fastning. 1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 5 The betrothal, or handfasting. 1910 Notes & Queries 26 Feb. 177/1 The handfasting was generally followed by an interchange of gifts. 1997 D. Cressy Birth, Marriage & Death (2002) xi. 273 Handfasting was conducted with ritual solemnity in the Elizabethan north, though..the ceremony seemed to decline from the early seventeenth century. 2. An uncanonical, private, or (esp. in Scotland) probationary form of marriage (now historical). Now also: a form of marriage practised in neopaganism, Wicca, etc.In Scotland the custom of making probationary marriages, typically for a year and a day, after which the union would be formalized by a clergyman if its continuance was mutually agreed, persisted until the 18th cent. See J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.(1808) (at cited word).Modern handfasting ceremonies frequently involve the physical binding of the couple's hands together as a symbol of their union. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] > treated as private or probationary marriage handfasting1541 1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Christen State Matrimonye f. xlviii^v In some places..at the handfastynge there is made a great feast & superflous bancket, & euen the same night are the two handfasted persones brought & layed together, yee certayne wekes afore they go [to] the church. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 (1790) i. 91 Among the various customs now obsolete, the most curious was that of hand-fisting, in use about a century past. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 615 At the fair, it was the custom for the unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion, according to their liking, with whom they were to live till that time next year. This was called hand fasting, or hand in fist. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. xi. 312 When we are handfasted, as we term it, we are man and wife for a year and 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. 1888 J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington 371 In vol. XXI of the Surtees Soc. publications..interesting instances will be found of such handfasting (as it was called) in private houses or elsewhere, being proved and recognised in court. 1920 P. Vinogradoff Outl. Hist. Jurispr. I. ii. v. 245 A previous union by handfasting had been formed between Earl Angus and the Lady of Trackquayre. 1957 E. E. Evans Irish Folk Ways (1967) xviii. 262 Like the Scottish hand-fasting, the system allowed the husband to test the usefulness and fertility of the wife. 2001 K. Clark Irish Bk. Shadows xix. 231 The celebration of a handfasting is perhaps the most joyous in the Wiccan faith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1483
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