† sermentn.
Obsolete.
An oath.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn
oathOE
swarec1200
sermenta1325
jurament1575
asseveration1602
sanction1611
contestation1614
vowa1616
dejeration1626
sweara1643
dejury1683
fetish1705
vum1881
oath-pledge1884
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > vow or oath
hesta1200
vow1297
professionc1300
sermenta1325
avow1330
sacrament1430
votec1540
troth-plight1570
upon my Sam1939
advower-
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 59 Ant te lord king aioinez to alle his iustises, in fei ant in serment [etc.].
a1400–50 Alexander 1464 (MS. A.) When he..soyned him be his sorement þat sare him forthinkis.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. xv. 143 Kepe thy feyth, thyn vndyrtakynges, and thy Serementz.
1494 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 21 If..it be found, that the Pety Jury have given a false Serement.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxii v To make a trewe serment.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 107 This serment vas veil maid & bettir kepit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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