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for-sworennys

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • verb
  • participle
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for-sworennys, -nyss, e; f. [forsworen, pp. of forswerian to forswear; -nys, -nyss]
False swearing, perjury; pejĕrātio, perjūrium
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  • Cýpmannum gedafenaþ ðæt hi sóþfæstnysse healdon, and lofian heora þing búton láþre forsworennysse

    it is fitting to merchants that they hold truth, and praise their things without hateful perjury.

    • Homl. Th. ii. 328, 9.
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  • for-sworennys, n.; v.; part.