Definitions from Wiktionary (handfast)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To pledge; to bind.
▸ verb:  (transitive, Scotland, archaic or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
▸ adjective:  (rare) Strong; steadfast.


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