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Middle English
Etymology
From forsweren + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
forswerynge
- The act of perjuring oneself; false testimony.
a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Pardoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 589–592:And now that I have ſpoken of glotonye, / Now wol I yow deffenden haſardrye; / Haſard is verray mooder of leſynges, / And of deceite, and curſed forſwerynges […]- And since I've spoken about gluttony, / Now, I'll prevent you from dice-playing; / Dice games are literally the source of falsehoods, / deception, and false testimonies
- (rare) Rejecting or denying.
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