ATDTDA (2): Troth (38.4)

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Wed Feb 7 10:11:05 CST 2007


Worst of all, Lew's adored young wife, Troth, when she found his breezy note, headed straight for the interurban and up to Chicago [...] (p. 38).



troth  (trôth, trth, trth) 
n. 
1. 
a. Betrothal.
b. One's pledged fidelity.
2. Good faith; fidelity.
tr.v. trothed, troth·ing, troths 
To pledge or betroth.
 
[Middle English trouthe, trothe, variant of treuthe, from Old English trowth, truth; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
 
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/troth
 
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/troth
 
 
Umm . . . also see:
 
http://www.thetroth.org/
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troth
 



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