manswear verb. ['manswɛ:] Long obsolete exc. Scot. & north. Pa. t. -swore [-swɔ:]; pa. pple -sworn [-swɔ:n].
[Old English mānswerian, from mān wickedness (= Old Frisian, Old Saxon mēn, Old High German mein (surviving in German Meineid perjury), Old Norse mein) + swerian SWEAR verb.]
1. verb intrans. Swear falsely. OE.

2. verb trans.
a. As mansworn ppl adjective. Perjured. ME.
b. refl. Perjure oneself. LME.

3. verb trans. Swear falsely by (a god etc.); take (a god's name etc.) in vain. LME-M16.

4. verb trans. Renounce on oath, forswear. LME-M17.

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