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mán-swara

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
mán-swara, -swora, an; m.
A perjurer, one who swears falsely
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  • Gif man mannan mánswara háteþ,

    • L. H. E. 11
    • ;
    • Th. i. 32, 4: Exon. 10 b
    • ;
    • Th. 12, 30
    • ;
    • Cri. 193.
  • Mánswaran,

    • Blickl. Homl. 61, 13: 63, 13.
  • Mánsworan,

    • Wulfst. 26, 16: Exon. 31 b
    • ;
    • Th. 98, 23
    • ;
    • Cri. 1612: L. Ed. 3
    • ;
    • Th. i. 160, 18, 19: L. E. G. 11
    • ;
    • Th. i. 172, 19, 20.
Etymology
[
Icel. mein-svari
:
O. H. Ger. mein-swero perjurus.
]
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v.  -swora -swara.
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  • mán-swara, n.