Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
KieliKäännökset
hollantihandvest
norjahåndfast
saksaHandfest

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. (obsolete) A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
  2. (obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.

Verbi

  1. (transitive) To pledge; to bind.
  2. (transitive, Scotland, archaic or historical, except, Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.

Adjektiivi

  1. (obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
  2. (rare) Strong; steadfast.

Esimerkit

  • (1820) 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 choose another mate, or, at their pleasure, may call the priest to marry them for life; and this we call handfasting. - Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektihandfastedImperfektihandfasted
Partisiipin preesenshandfastingMonikkohandfasts
Komparatiivimore handfastSuperlatiivimost handfast
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesenshandfasts

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