An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/verloben

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
verloben
Friedrich Kluge2507773An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — verloben1891John Francis Davis

verloben, vb. ‘to engage, affiance, betroth,’ from the equiv. MidHG. verloben; lit. ‘to promise,’ in which sense MidHG. geloben also occurs; see geloben and Lob. —