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troth(dictionary)

troth (iou)



troth noun & verb. arch. ME.
[Var. of TRUTH noun.]
A. noun.
I.
One's faith as pledged or plighted in a solemn agreement or undertaking; one's plighted word; the act of pledging one's faith, a promise, a covenant. Chiefly in pledge one's troth, plight one's troth below. ME.
Allan Ramsay Give me back my maiden-vow And..my troth. Lytton Gryffyth will never keep troth with the English.
II.
= TRUTH noun II. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
S. Richardson Troth, sir..I never knew her peer. M. Twain In troth I might go yet farther.
Phrases: by my troth: expr. asseveration. in troth truly, really, indeed. pledge one's troth, plight one's troth pledge one's word esp. in marriage or betrothal.
b. verb trans. Pledge one's word to, esp. in marriage or betrothal. LME.
Comb.: troth-plight noun, adjective, & verb (a) noun the action or an act of pledging one's word esp. in marriage or betrothal; (a) betrothal; (b) adjective betrothed; (c) verb trans. = TROTH verb.
trothful adjective (rare) loyal, faithful; trustworthy, truthful: LME.
trothless adjective (a) faithless, disloyal; (b) false; untrustworthy: ME.