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mán-swerian
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Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Weak
This might be just a supplemental entry adding to an entry in the Main Volume.
mán-swerian
. Add :-- Gif hé on ungehálgedum Crístes mǽle mánswerað si in cruce non consecrata perjuraverit, Ll. Th. ii. 158, 37. Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19. Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó þ̵ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. [Eác manswered man máre þone hé scolde, Shrn. 17, 24, v. N. E. D. manswear.]
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mán-swerian
; p. swór; pp. -sworen To swear falsely, commit perjury, forswear :-- Gif man wát ðæt óðer mánsweraþ (or mán sweraþ, cf. se man ðe swereþ mán, v. 2), Lev. 5, 1. Be mánsworum. Ða ðe mánsweriaþ, L. Edm. S. 6; Th. i. 246, 14. Ne swerige hé ðýlæs hé mánswerige, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 8. Ða mánsweriendan perjurantes, Hpt. Gl. 472, 8. [Laym. þ̵ he weore touward his lauerd manswore: Scott, to mansweir to perjure; manswearing perjury: Mid. York. Gl. main-swear to forswear.]
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