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† manath Obs.
Forms: 1 mán-áð, 2–3 manaþ, mon-oð, 4 mane-aþ, maineath.
[OE. mán-áð, f. mán man n.2 + áð oath; cf. the equivalent OS. mênêd (MDu. meineet), OHG. (MHG., mod.G.) meineid, ON. meineiðr (Da. and Sw. mened). The normal mod. form would be *moan-oath.]
False oath, perjury.
a1000Laws æthelstan i. c. 25 Seþe man-að [v.r. mænneað] sweriᵹe. c1175Lamb. Hom. 49 Alse þeos men doð þe liggeð inne eubruche and ine glutenerie and ine manaðas. a1200Ormin 4480 Þatt tu ne swere nan manaþ Forr lufe ne forr eȝȝe. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 215 On is leasing, oðer is mon-oð. a1300Cursor M. 27833 Fals foluing, fals wittnesing, Vnknaun lage, manath [c 1375 Fairf. mane-aþ, a 1400Cotton Galba maineath], and lesing. |