affiance
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Now must he bid farewell to the mountain, for he is going home to his mother who will affiance him to the daughter of the Pope Nicholas.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
And be it well and truly seen that the elements of this affiance with his God, and the elements of his firm league with brothermen were identically the same.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
But now Liben bids farewell to the forest; he is going home that his mother may affiance and wed him to the daughter of the Pope Nicholas.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
The king with full affiance took Siegfried's words for true.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
"In God's name," cried he, "I plight such affiance as seems most meet to thee."
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene