forsweren
Middle English
/fɔrˈswɛːrən/
verb
Definitions
- To perform perjury; to lie in legal testimony.
- To disobey or act against a binding contract or oath.
- To be exiled from a realm or nation; to be banished.
- To deny, reject, or cast off a belief previously held.
- (rare) To strip oneself of privileges or rights.
- (rare) To make a oath against God.
- (rare) To plot or scheme evilly.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English forswerian (swear falsely) affix from Middle English sweren.
Origin
Middle English
sweren
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Cognates and derived terms
- forswear English
- forswearer English
- forswearest English
- forsweareth English
- forswearing English
- swear English
- forswerian Old English
- swerian Old English
- forswerer Middle English
- forswerynge Middle English
- sweren Middle English
- swerer Middle English
- sweryng Middle English