单词 | forsworn |
释义 | forswornforsworeadj. 1. That has forsworn himself, perjured. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > perjury > that has sworn falsely forswornOE mansworna1400 perjurea1450 perjuriousa1460 perjurousa1460 perjured1495 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1094 [He] hine forsworenne & trywleasne clypode. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 337 Periurus, forsworen. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 135/1011 Puyrliche forsuore we schullen him preoui. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 37 For sworn men, cursars, drunksum men. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (iii. 4) i. f. 8/1 God will mainteyne the faithfulnesse of his promises against such forsworne naughty packs. a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 74 His forsworn traiterous Murderers enter his Chamber. 1718 Free-thinker No. 20. 1 The Sworn and the Forsworn Enemies of the Protestant Succession. 1849–53 D. Rock Church of our Fathers III. x. 501 Our pastors, from the sainted Austin down to the forsworn Cranmer. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 118 By the lips forsworn of a cunning liar, the tale Credence finds. 2. Falsely sworn. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > perjury > falsely sworn mis-sworn1506 perjured1567 forsworna1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxii. sig. Dd2 Plexirtus, mingling forsworne excuses with false-meant promises. Derivatives forˈswornness n. false swearing, perjury. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > perjury forswornnessc1000 manathOE false swearingc1200 misswarec1225 forswearing1340 perjurea1393 perjurya1393 manswearingc1400 manswornc1400 perjurementc1450 misswearing1496 perjuration1570 pejeration1650 hard swearing1731 rapping1743 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 328 Cypmannum gedafenað þæt hi..lofian heora ðing buton laðre forsworennysse. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 103 Stale and lesunge, and forsworenesse. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Forswornness, the state of being forsworn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OE |
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