单词 | to plight troth |
释义 | > as lemmasto plight (also pledge) (one's) troth P1. to plight (also pledge) (one's) troth: to make a solemn promise or engagement; spec. to engage oneself to marry. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > engage oneself to marry [verb (intransitive)] to plight (also pledge) (one's) troth?c1225 truthc1350 handfast1547 contract1660 engage1722 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 231 Pepigimus cum morte fedus..we habbeð trouðe iplicht to deað. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 1126 Locrin was on foreward hire habbe to wife. and he hire hafde trouþe i-pliþt. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. l. 37 I plihte þe my trouþe To folfulle þe Foreward while þat I may stonde! c1440 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Thornton) l. 465 (MED) Here my trouthe I ȝow plyghte, I salle feghte withe ȝone knyghte. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 462 Þerto grawuntus þe knyȝte, And truly his trauthe pliȝte. 1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders (new ed.) sig. E.iii I take the margery unto my wyfe & therto plyght the my trouth. 1564 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 201 Therapon they plightid their trouthes together, and kissed together, and after dronk, & made mery. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 53 Any who have pledged their faith, and Troth to God in Baptisme. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices x. 274 To have and to hold from this day forward..till death us depart, according to Gods holy ordinance: and therefore I pledge thee my troth. 1715 Miller of Trompington 108 Says Bet, My Love, if't must be so, I plight my Troth before thou go. 1754 W. Dodd Sisters I. vii. 29 Marriage has some shew of advantage, but if a man and woman of honour mutually pledge their troth to each other,..where is the difference in the sight of God? 1833 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 120/1 The priest..told them quite slowly the sentences holy, For pledging their troth to each other for life. 1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce iv. 188 Betrothal rings, set with pearls and gems, were worn by maidens who had plighted their troth. 1977 Economist (Nexis) 14 May 104 The leaders of the non-communist world publicly plighted their economic troth last weekend. 2004 Believer Oct. 80/1 People are always plighting their troth to and/or screwing their cousins in Hardy and Austen. < as lemmas |
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