单词 | handfast |
释义 | handfast /hand"fast', -fahst'/, n. Archaic. a covenant or contract, esp. a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp. [1150-1200; ME (ptp.), earlier handfest < Scand; cf. ON handfestr, ptp. of handfesta to betroth with a joining of hands, equiv. to hand HAND + festa to betroth, lit., make fast, FASTEN] |
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