forsweren

• vorzuerie, forswere, for-swere

From Old English forswerian; equivalent to for- +‎ sweren.

• IPA^(key): /fɔrˈswɛːrən/, /fɔrˈswɛːriən/

forsweren

1. To perform perjury; to lie in legal testimony.
2. To disobey or act against a binding contract or oath.
3. To be exiled from a realm or nation; to be banished.
4. To deny, reject, or cast off a belief previously held.
5. (rare) To strip oneself of privileges or rights.
6. (rare, Christianity) To make an oath against God.
7. (rare) To plot or scheme evilly.

• forswerer
• forswerynge

• English: forswear

• “forswēren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-4.