betroth to

betroth someone to someone

to promise someone in marriage to someone else. The king betrothed his daughter to a prince from the neighboring kingdom. She betrothed herself to one of the peasant boys from the village.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dajana	DAH-yah-nah	Serbian, Croatian
Torill	-	Norwegian
Rakel	RAH-kel (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish)	Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic
Vashti	VASH-tee (English)	Biblical
Ode	-	Medieval English
Arno	['a:nəu]