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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of handfast.

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Examples

  • I'm still working on it, but I'll tell you this much: The heroine, Ailish is a blind witch handfasted to a demon and must find a way to break the handfast or she will die.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Jess Granger 2009

  • I'm still working on it, but I'll tell you this much: The heroine, Ailish is a blind witch handfasted to a demon and must find a way to break the handfast or she will die.

    Welcome Jennifer Lyon! Angie Fox 2009

  • Also look at how many of us get handfasted "for a year and day" or whatever.

    waterdiluted Diary Entry waterdiluted 2005

  • It's at the same place where her dad and step-mom were handfasted.

    Jenna's Handfasting ealdthryth 2003

  • She was handfasted to Beom, a good man seemingly well-respected up at the castle.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

  • She was handfasted to Beom, a good man seemingly well-respected up at the castle.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

  • I am not asking you to become handfasted to Caleb or kadin, or even to me if that's not something you would feel comfortable with.

    jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2003

  • He had been sooo full of himself when they arrived, and had boasted that he and Khornya were to be handfasted as lifemates.

    Acorna's World McCaffrey, Anne 2000

  • "I think you and Mero ought to be handfasted, Shana," Valyn said earnestly, leaning forward a little.

    The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • If she were to be handfasted to him-and if Mero would just exert himself to be as charming as Valyn knew he could be'she just might find that infatuation of hers not only turning from Valyn to Mero, but into something more than just infatuation.

    The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

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