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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English forswerian; equivalent to for- + sweren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrˈswɛːrən/, /fɔrˈswɛːriən/
Verb
forsweren
- To perform perjury; to lie in legal testimony.
- To disobey or act against a binding contract or oath.
- To be exiled from a realm or nation; to be banished.
- To deny, reject, or cast off a belief previously held.
- (rare) To strip oneself of privileges or rights.
- (rare, Christianity) To make an oath against God.
- (rare) To plot or scheme evilly.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) forsweren, forswere
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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forswere
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forswor, forswar
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| 2nd-person singular
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forswerest
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forswore, forsware, forswor, forswar
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| 3rd-person singular
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forswereth
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forswor, forswar
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| subjunctive singular
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forswere
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forswore1, forsware1
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| imperative singular
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| plural2
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forsweren, forswere
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forsworen, forswore, forswaren, forsware
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| imperative plural
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forswereth, forswere
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| participles
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forswerynge, forswerende
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forsworen, forswore, forsworn
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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