troth

«troth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: my word, I promise — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

my word, I promise

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A solemn promise or pledge of faith; "my troth" or "on my troth" is an old oath meaning truly. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used in everyday speech; it survives in old stories and phrases. "Plighted their troth" means made a solemn promise.

examples

• "Be easy, Fin," replied Oonagh; "troth, I'm ashamed of you. (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• "On my troth I will bring you to good water," says she. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• And when they were young they loved one another and plighted their troth. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →

primary record

troth

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 9 (Torah 0, tales 9, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «troth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.