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},
{
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"4": "",
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"4": "",
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"3": "-"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English hondfast, past participle of Middle English hondfesten (“to betroth”), from Old Norse handfesta (“to strike a bargain, pledge”), itself from hönd (“hand”) + festa (“to fasten, fix, affirm”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *pHst-.",
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"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1546, John Bale, The Actes of Englysh Votaries",
"text": "A vyrgine made handfast to Christ.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands."
],
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],
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"(obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands."
],
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]
}
],
"word": "handfast"
}
{
"categories": [
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"2": "Hand",
"3": "",
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},
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"2": "fest",
"3": "",
"4": "firm, strong"
},
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"name": "m"
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"form": "more handfast",
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"Strong; steadfast."
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"(rare) Strong; steadfast."
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "strong; steadfast",
"word": "håndfast"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "strong; steadfast",
"word": "handfast"
}
],
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