单词 | mansworn |
释义 | manswornadj.n. Now archaic and regional (chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and U.S.). A. adj. Forsworn, perjured. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > perjury > that has sworn falsely forswornOE mansworna1400 perjurea1450 perjuriousa1460 perjurousa1460 perjured1495 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 25794 (MED) Monsuorn man to petre loke, þat thris on a night crist for-soke. 1469 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 97/2 Reformatione for mane sworne athis. 1511 in J. Bain & C. Rogers Glasgow Protocol Reg. (1875) 430 Master William Broun is ane fals manesuorne lown. c1569 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 89 Such maynsworn harlotts as thou art kepes me from it. a1586 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 257 The dewill said than, ‘Of commoun la All mensworne folk man cum to me.’ c1610 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 305 Thou art a mensworn man. 1650 Hobart's Rep. (new ed.) 126 Slater brought an action of the case against Franks for saying, Thou art a main-sworne Lad, and a bankrupt Lad... It stood upon the word Maine-sworne: against which it was said, that it was an unknowne word in these parts, and of an uncertaine sense, though in the North parts it was understood to be as much as perjured, as forsworne with his hand upon the book. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i. 59 What other Lass will trow a mansworn Herd. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell iii. iv. 293 Save these, no priest or peer of them but lives His servant pledged; their hands, tongues, counsels, hearts, His or not theirs, and all they mansworn men. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 174 He described poor Sandy publicly, and very audibly, as a ‘man-sworn scoon'rel’. 1944 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. ii. 46 [N. Carolina.] Man-sworn, breaking one's oath, swearing falsely. 1. A perjurer; a person who swears an oath falsely. Also: perjurers collectively. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > perjury > perjurer manswareOE false swearerc1380 mansworna1400 forswearer1413 perjurera1500 perjured1526 perjurea1540 post-knight1576 knight of the post1580 perjurator1689 mounter1781 stag1823 straw-shoe1826 subornee1890 perjuress1898 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23112 Murthereres and monsuorn [a1400 Gött. mansuorn, a1400 Coll. Phys. mansworn] als. 1838 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1866) 70 They meddle wi' nane but the guilty, the murderer, the mansworn. 2. Perjury. Obsolete. 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 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 182 For mon-sworne and men-sclaȝt..unþonk may mon have. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 257 [He] walde..accus him of the crime of manesuorne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1400 |
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