different between troth vs betrothing

English

Etymology

From Middle English troth, trothe, trouthe, trowthe, a variant of treuth, treuthe, treouthe (“allegiance, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty; oath, pledge, promise; betrothal or marriage vow; betrothal; honour, integrity; holiness, righteousness; confidence, trust; creed, faith; fact, reality, truth”), from Old English tr?owþ, tr?ewþ (“truth, veracity; faith, fidelity; covenant, pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþ? (“contract; promise”), equivalent to true +? -th. See further at truth.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t????/, /t???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?o??/, /t???/

Noun

troth (countable and uncountable, plural troths)

1. (countable, archaic) An oath, pledge, or promise.
   1. (countable, archaic) A pledge or promise to marry someone.
   2. (countable, archaic) The state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement.
2. (countable, uncountable, archaic) Truth; something true.

Derived terms

Related terms

• truth

Translations

References

Verb

troth (third-person singular simple present troths, present participle trothing, simple past and past participle trothed)

1. (obsolete) To pledge to marry somebody.

Further reading

• troth (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• troth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• troth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• troth at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• thort

English

Verb

betrothing

1. present participle of betroth