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troth

  [trawth, trohth]
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–noun
1. faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty: by my troth.
2. truth or verity: in troth.
3. one's word or promise, esp. in engaging oneself to marry.
Origin:
1125–75; ME trowthe, trouthe, var. of treuthe, OE trēowth. See truth

Related forms:
trothless, adjective
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troth   (trôth, trŏth, trōth)   
n.  
    1. Betrothal.
    2. 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 trēowth, truth; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
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Troth

Troth\, n. [A variant of truth. See Truth.]

1. Belief; faith; fidelity.

Bid her alight And hertroth plight. --Shak.

2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. --Shak.

In troth, thou art able to instruct gray hairs. --Addison.

3. Betrothal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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troth 
c.1175, from a phonetic variant of O.E. treowð "faithfulness, truth" (see truth). Restricted to Midlands and Northern England dialect after 16c., and to certain archaic phrases (e.g. plight one's troth). Cf. also betroth.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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