forswerynge
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vorzueriing, forsweringe, forswering, forsweryng
Etymology
From forsweren + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrˈswɛːrinɡ/
Noun
forswerynge
- The act of perjuring oneself; false testimony.
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Pardoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 589-592:
- And now that I have ſpoken of glotonye, / Now wol I yow deffenden haſardrye; / Haſard is verray mooder of leſynges, / And of deceite, and curſed forſwerynges […]
- And since I've spoken about gluttony, / Now, I'll prevent you from dice-playing; / Dice games are literally the source of falsehoods, / deception, and false testimonies […]
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- (rare) Rejecting or denying.
Descendants
- English: forswearing
References
- “forswēring, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-04.