trothplight
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
adjective
noun
verb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of trothplight
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English trouth plight “having plighted troth, betrothed”; see origin at troth, plight 2
Example Sentences
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But in whatever sense Thornton and Maisie were trothplight, her father opposed their marriage, although it would no doubt have been a social elevation for the miller's daughter.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
“Nay, I deem it not,” said Hallblithe: “But, tell me, is it verily true that my trothplight is not here, that I may ransom her?”
From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by William Morris
Ah, fair lady and faithless, why Break thy pledged faith to meet me? soon An hour beyond thy trothplight noon Shall strike my death-bell, and thy boon Is this, that here I die.
From The Tale of Balen by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Why should I not choose to go up on to the Island to deliver my trothplight maiden?
From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by William Morris
"So many there are in the King's garth Of Hafbur's death shall be glad; Good reward for them to lose The trothplight mays they had."
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris
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