For-swerian

Según el Diccionario de Inglés Antiguo:

for-swerian

Dele first passage, and add: I. to commit perjury :-- Swerian ne sceal mon þý lǽs mon forswerige non jurare ne forte perjuret, R. Ben. 17, 9. I a. reflex. To perjure one's self :-- Ná swerian þe [lǽs] hé hine forswerige (preceding passage), R. Ben. I. 20, 8. Ne ǽnig man hine sylfne mid máne ne forswerie, Wlfst. 70, 10. Þú wylt besyrwian óðerne and þé sylfne forswerian, Hml. A. 7, 164. ¶ for-sworen forsworn, perjured :-- Fela synd forsworene, Wlfst. 268, 27. II. to constrain by swearing, to bewitch :-- Forsuór defotabat (v. áþ-swerian, wirgan), Txts. 57, 660. Þone synscaðan (Grendel) guðbilla nán grétan nolde, ac hé sigewǽpnum forsworen hæfde, ecga gehwylcre (cf. the power attributed to Odin, who is called ljóða smiðr, of making his enemies' weapons useless: Óðinn kunni svá gera at vápn þeira bitu eigi heldr en vendir. This power seems attributed to Grendel), B. 804. [O. Sax. for-swerian (sik): O. H. Ger. fer-sweren (sih) perjurare.] for-swerian