troth

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Related terms 1.3 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English trouthe, trowthe, variant of treouthe, treuthe < Old English treówth (“‘truth’”).

[edit] Noun

troth (plural troths)

1. the state of being pledged to marry someone; betrothal, engagement
2. the promise or pledge so given as an act of fidelity

[edit] Quotations

betrothal

• 1893, Henry James, Collaboration [1]

  Vendemer’s sole fortune is his genius, and he and Paule, who confessed to an answering flame, plighted their troth like a pair of young rustics or (what comes for French people to the same thing) young Anglo-Saxons.

[edit] Related terms

• betroth
• betrothal
• truth

[edit] External links

• troth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• troth in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• troth at OneLook® Dictionary Search