Definitions for handfast

handfast hand·fast

Spelling: [hand-fast, -fahst]
IPA: /ˈhændˌfæst, -ˌfɑst/

Handfast is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in handfast (aadfhnst).

Definitions for handfast

noun

  1. Archaic. a covenant or contract, especially a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.

Origin of handfast

1150-1200; Middle English (past participle), earlier handfest Scandinavian; compare Old Norse handfestr, past participle of handfesta to betroth with a joining of hands, equivalent to hand

Examples for handfast

"A Candidatus Theoligiae, your Majesty," answered a handfast threadbare youth one day, when questioned in this manner.

The issue of “handfast” marriages in Scotland were eligible to be chiefs, and even sometimes claimed under feudal law.

Word Value for handfast
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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