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# troth

«troth» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old word for a promise or a faithful word; 'my troth'…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (old use, in fairy tales)

### meaning for a pupil

Troth is an old word for a promise or a faithful word; 'my troth' or 'on my troth' is an old oath meaning truly, I promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troth/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales people plight their troth, that is, make a solemn promise, often to marry

### examples

- They plighted their troth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troth/#x1)
- On my troth, I will help you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troth/#x2)
- 'Be easy, Fin,' said Oonagh; 'troth, I am ashamed of you.' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troth/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «troth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/troth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.