单词
handfast
英 ['h?ndfɑ?st]
美['h?ndf?st]
基本信息
- n. 婚约；抓牢
英文词源
- handfast (v.)
- "betroth (two people), bind in wedlock; pledge oneself to," early 12c., from Old English handf?sten and cognate Old Norse handfesta "to pledge, betroth; strike a bargain by shaking hands;" for first element see hand (n.); second element is from Proto-Germanic causative verb *fastjan "to make firm," from PIE *past- "solid, firm" (see fast (adj.). Related: Handfasted; handfasting. The noun in Old English was >handf?stung.
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