Handfast

[hændfɑ:st]

(n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.

(n.) Contract; specifically, espousal.

(a.) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.

(v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.

(n.) Strong; steadfast.

Editor: Nicolas