Definition of Handfasted. Meaning of Handfasted. Synonyms of Handfasted

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Definition of Handfasted

Handfasted
Handfast Hand"fast`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Handfasting.] To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage. [Obs.]
Handfast
Handfast Hand"fast`, n. 1. Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. Contract; specifically, espousal. [Obs.]
Handfast
Handfast Hand"fast`, a. Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs.] --Bale.
Handfast
Handfast Hand"fast`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Handfasting.] To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage. [Obs.]
Handfast
Handfast Hand"fast`, n. [G. handfest; hand hand + fest strong. See Fast.] Strong; steadfast.[R.] --Carlyle.

Meaning of Handfasted from wikipedia

- A Wiccan couple getting handfasted...
- culminating in the Battle of Coire Na Creiche, "when Donald Gorm Mor who handfasted [for a year and a day] with Margaret MacLeod, a sister of Rory Mor of...
- ISBN 9781447212010. Press, Hastings Independent (7 October 2022). "Edith – The Handfasted Queen of England". Lucie-Smith, Fr Alexander (26 June 2015). "Was Walsingham...
- finding love, luck, and success. Published in 2001, Lady Rhea's book Handfasted and Heartjoined, details the traditional wedding rituals of handfasting...
- Harald the Stalwart (Swedish: Harald Handfaste) is a 1946 Swedish historical adventure film directed by Hampe Faustman and starring George Fant, Georg...
- Two Years Time John Boyle O'Reilly – Moondyne Catherine Helen SpenceHandfasted Adam Lindsay Gordon Poems of the Late Adam Lindsay Gordon "To My Sister"...
- Mackay who is described in Latin as "Mariota filia Athyn", being the "handfasted" wife of Alexander Stewart the Wolf of Badenoch, would explain Stewart's...
- the Earl of Bothwell's sister, Jean Hepburn. She had previously been "handfasted" to another man, Robert Lauder younger of the B****, on 24 July 1566, but...
- castle. Juniper gives birth to a son named Rudi in memory of her late handfasted man. During Rudi's wiccaning, Juniper is overcome by inspiration, causing...
- house which had been her mother's were smashed. Maxine and Alex were handfasted at Alderley Edge in 1965 and continued to initiate new witches in Manchester...