23 July 2013

troth

[trawth, trohth]
noun

1. faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty: by my troth.
2. truth or verity: in troth.
3. one’s word or promise, especially in engaging oneself to marry, such as ‘betrothed’

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English trowthe, trouthe, variant of treuthe, Old English trēowth. See truth

Related forms
troth·less, adjective

Today’s aphorism

Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

– Amy Winehouse

On this day

23 July 1892 – birthday of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia. Although Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, Rastafarians believe that he is the Messiah returned.

23 July 1934 – Australian batsman, Donald Bradman, scores 304 against England at Leeds, with 43 fours and 2 sixes. He is the only batsman to ever complete two treble centuries in Test cricket.

23 July 1935 – a B-25 Mitchell bomber carrying three people, crashes into the Empire State Building, New York City, killing 14 people. The accident was caused by heavy fog.

23 July 2011 – death of Amy Winehouse. English singer-songwriter. She was 27.