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Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Portuguese" lang="pt" 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data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/fealty" title="fealty – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="fealty" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" 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lang="la"><a href="/wiki/fidelis#Latin" title="fidelis">fidēlis</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">faithful</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/-tas#Latin" title="-tas">-tās</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">noun suffix</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>; the modern form (for expected <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">*feauty</i> <span class="IPA">/ˈfjuːti/</span>) is due to learned influence. Equivalent to obsolete <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/feal#Etymology_4" title="feal">feal</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-ty#English" title="-ty">-ty</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fidelity#English" title="fidelity">fidelity</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fealty&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈfiː.əlti/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈfiːlti/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fealty.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fealty.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fealty.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fealty.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fealty.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fealty.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fealty.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fealty.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:English/i%C9%99lti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:English/iəlti (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-iəlti</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fealty&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">fealty</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fealties#English" title="fealties">fealties</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>Fidelity to one's <a href="/wiki/lord" title="lord">lord</a> or <a href="/wiki/master" title="master">master</a>; the <a href="/wiki/feudal" title="feudal">feudal</a> obligation by which the <a href="/wiki/tenant" title="tenant">tenant</a> or <a href="/wiki/vassal" title="vassal">vassal</a> was bound to be faithful to his lord. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fidelity#English" title="fidelity">fidelity</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/allegiance#English" title="allegiance">allegiance</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/faithfulness#English" title="faithfulness">faithfulness</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1831</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon" class="extiw" title="w:Letitia Elizabeth Landon">L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon</a>], chapter VI, in <cite>Romance and Reality.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="[...] In Three Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, volume III, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Colburn" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Colburn">Henry Colburn</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bentley_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Bentley (publisher)">Richard Bentley</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="New Burlington Street.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/24531354">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/romancereality03lell/page/111/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">111</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I doubt whether the most devoted fidelity would bear strict examination as to the short reposes even the most entire <b>fealty</b> permits itself.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2020</b> November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in <cite>The New York Times</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/georgia-recount.html">[1]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">→ISSN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">And yet the war has come, full of double-crossing, internecine accusations of lying and incompetence, and a bitter cleavage into factions over the question of how much <b>fealty</b> should be shown to President Trump — and the extent to which Republicans should amplify his false argument that the election in this fast-changing Southern state was stolen from him.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2023</b> May 16, Paul Sonne, Anton Troianovski, “As Ukrainian Attack Looms, Putin Faces Setbacks and Disunity in Russian Forces”, in <cite>The New York Times</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/putin-russia-military-prigozhin.html">[2]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">→ISSN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In one recent video, he said the problem posed by a Russian military led by people who demand nothing but blind <b>fealty</b> would need to be dealt with — “or one day the Russian people will solve it themselves.”</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><b>2025,</b> January, John Bolton, quoted in: Cameron Joseph, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0127/john-bolton-trump-retribution-patel">John Bolton says he’s faced Trump’s retribution. He worries what Kash Patel might do.</a>,</i>, in: The Christian Science Monitor, January 27 2025 <dl><dd>I think the central characteristic Trump seems to be looking for in all of the appointees we’ve seen so far is <b>fealty</b> to him.</dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fealty&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fidelity#English" title="fidelity">fidelity</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fealty&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-fidelity_to_one&#039;s_lord"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">fidelity to one's lord</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="fidelity to one's lord"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="васална вярност (page does not exist)">васална вярност</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">vasalna vjarnost</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BF%A0%E9%A0%86#Mandarin" title="忠順">忠順</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BF%A0%E9%A1%BA#Mandarin" title="忠顺">忠顺</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BF%A0%E9%A0%86" class="extiw" title="zh:忠順">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">zhōngshùn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/v%C4%9Brnost#Czech" title="věrnost">věrnost</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C4%9Brnost" class="extiw" title="cs:věrnost">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (panovníkovi)</li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=troskab&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="troskab (page does not exist)">troskab</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/trouw#Dutch" title="trouw">trouw</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/trouw" class="extiw" title="nl:trouw">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vazallen_eed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vazallen eed (page does not exist)">vazallen eed</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/vasalli#Finnish" title="vasalli">vasallin</a> <a href="/wiki/uskollisuus#Finnish" title="uskollisuus">uskollisuus</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/fid%C3%A9lit%C3%A9#French" title="fidélité">fidélité</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fid%C3%A9lit%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="fr:fidélité">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/loyaut%C3%A9#French" title="loyauté">loyauté</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/loyaut%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="fr:loyauté">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/all%C3%A9geance#French" title="allégeance">allégeance</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/all%C3%A9geance" class="extiw" title="fr:allégeance">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Treue#German" title="Treue">Treue</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Treue" class="extiw" title="de:Treue">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lehnstreue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lehnstreue (page does not exist)">Lehnstreue</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/h%C5%B1s%C3%A9g#Hungarian" title="hűség">hűség</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C5%B1s%C3%A9g" class="extiw" title="hu:hűség">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=h%C5%B1b%C3%A9ress%C3%A9g&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hűbéresség (page does not exist)">hűbéresség</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/troskap#Norwegian" title="troskap">troskap</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/wierno%C5%9B%C4%87#Polish" title="wierność">wierność</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/wierno%C5%9B%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:wierność">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fieldade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fieldade (page does not exist)">fieldade</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/fieldade" class="extiw" title="pt:fieldade">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/fidelidade#Portuguese" title="fidelidade">fidelidade</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/fidelidade" class="extiw" title="pt:fidelidade">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/lealdade#Portuguese" title="lealdade">lealdade</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/lealdade" class="extiw" title="pt:lealdade">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="верность">ве́рность</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:верность">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">vérnostʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vazalska_odanost&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vazalska odanost (page does not exist)">vazalska odanost</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vazalska_vjernost&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vazalska vjernost (page does not exist)">vazalska vjernost</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vazalska_vernost&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vazalska vernost (page does not exist)">vazalska vernost</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/trohet#Swedish" title="trohet">trohet</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/trohet" class="extiw" title="sv:trohet">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=huldhet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="huldhet (page does not exist)">huldhet</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/huldhet" class="extiw" title="sv:huldhet">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/tro#Swedish" title="tro">tro</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/tro" class="extiw" title="sv:tro">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=l%C3%A4nsplikt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="länsplikt (page does not exist)">länsplikt</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-the_oath_by_which_this_obligation_was_assumed"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">the oath by which this obligation was assumed</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="the oath by which this obligation was assumed"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="васална клетва (page does not exist)">васална клетва</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">vasalna kletva</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/lensed#Danish" title="lensed">lensed</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=eed_van_trouw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="eed van trouw (page does not exist)">eed van trouw</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/serment#French" title="serment">serment</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/serment" class="extiw" title="fr:serment">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lehnseid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lehnseid (page does not exist)">Lehnseid</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lehnseid" class="extiw" title="de:Lehnseid">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=h%C5%B1b%C3%A9resk%C3%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hűbéreskü (page does not exist)">hűbéreskü</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C5%B1b%C3%A9resk%C3%BC" class="extiw" title="hu:hűbéreskü">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fieldade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fieldade (page does not exist)">fieldade</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/fieldade" class="extiw" title="pt:fieldade">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/juramento#Portuguese" title="juramento">juramento</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/juramento" class="extiw" title="pt:juramento">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=feudalna_zakletva_odanosti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="feudalna zakletva odanosti (page does not exist)">feudalna zakletva odanosti</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/trohetsed#Swedish" 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