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for-swerian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§649;
Dele first passage, and add:
to commit perjury
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  • Swerian ne sceal mon þý lǽs mon forswerige

    non jurare ne forte perjuret,

    • R. Ben. 17, 9.
reflex. To perjure one's self
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  • Ná swerian þe [lǽs] hé hine forswerige (

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    v. preceding passage
    ),

    • R. Ben. I. 20, 8.

  • Ne ǽnig man hine sylfne mid máne ne forswerie,

    • Wlfst. 70, 10.

  • Þú wylt besyrwian óðerne and þé sylfne forswerian,

    • Hml. A. 7, 164.
for-sworen forsworn, perjured
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  • Fela synd forsworene,

    • Wlfst. 268, 27.
to constrain by swearing, to bewitch
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  • Forsuór

    defotabat

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    (v. áþ-swerian, wirgan),
    • Txts. 57, 660.

  • Þone synscaðan (Grendel) guðbilla nán grétan nolde, ac hé sigewǽpnum forsworen hæfde, ecga gehwylcre (cf. the power attributed to Odin, who is called ljóða smiðr, of making his enemies' weapons useless: Óðinn kunni svá gera at vápn þeira bitu eigi heldr en vendir. This power seems attributed to Grendel),

    • B. 804.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. for-swerian (sik)
:
O. H. Ger. fer-sweren (sih) perjurare .
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-swerian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/46000.

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