handfast (suomeksi)

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(lb, en, obsolete) A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
(lb, en, obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
(lb, en, transitive) To pledge; to bind
(lb, en, transitive, Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for a wedlease or temporary cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
(lb, en, obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
(lb, en, rare) Strong; steadfast.