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forsworn, † forswore, ppl. a.|fəˈswɔːn|
[pa. pple. of forswear.]
1. That has forsworn himself, perjured.
O.E. Chron. an. 1094 [He] hine forsworenne & trywleasne clypode. a1100Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 337 Periurus, forsworen. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 135/1011 Puyrliche forsuore we schullen him preoui. c1400Apol. Loll. 37 For sworn men, cursars, drunksum men. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. iii. 84 God will mainteyne the faithfulnesse of his promises against such forsworne naughty packs. 1680Falkland Life Edw. II in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 49 His forsworn traiterous murderers enter his chamber. 1718Freethinker No. 20. 135 The Forsworn Enemies of the Protestant Succession. 1849–53Rock Ch. of Fathers III. x. 501 Our pastors, from the sainted Austin down to the forsworn Cranmer. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid ii. 195 By lips forsworn of a cunning liar, the tale Credence finds.
Proverbs.c1330Amis & Amil. 1102 Forsworn man shal neuer spede! 1591Troubl. Raigne K. John ii. (1611) 92 Once forsworne, and neuer after sound. 1619Dalton Countr. Just. (1630) 297 Once forsworne ever forlorne.
absol.c1000ælfric Hom. I. 132 Ða forsworenan mid forsworenum..forwurðað. a1200Moral Ode 103 Hwet sculen ordlinghes don þa swicen and ta forsworene? 1597Daniel Civ. Wars iii. xxx, One says he never should endure the sight Of that Forsworn.
2. Falsely sworn.
1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 184 Plexirtus, mingling forsworne excuses with false-meant promises.
Hence forˈswornness, false swearing, perjury.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 328 Cypmannum ᵹedafenað þæt hi..lofian heora ðing buton laðre forsworennysse. c1175Lamb. Hom. 103 Stale and lesunge, and forsworenesse. 1828Webster, Forswornness, the state of being forsworn. |