forswerian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to swear falsely, perjure, forswear; swear away from
- to commit perjury
Etymology
Prefix from Old English swerian (swear, take an oath of office).
Origin
Old English
swerian
Gloss
swear, take an oath of office
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forswear English
- Verschwörung German
- schwören German
- verschwören German
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- andswerian Old English
- geswerian Old English
- manswerian Old English
- swerian Old English
- forsweren Middle English
- forswerer Middle English
- forswerynge Middle English
- swere Middle English
- sweren Middle English
- *swarjan gmw-pro