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For-sworennys

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f. [forsworen, pp. of forswerian to forswear; -nys, -nyss] False swearing, perjury; pejĕrātio, perjūrium :-- Cýpmannum gedafenaþ ðæt hi sóþfæstnysse healdon, and lofian heora þing búton láþre forsworennysse it is fitting to merchants that they hold truth, and praise their things without hateful perjury. Homl. Th. ii. 328, 9. for-sworennys
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ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᚹᚩᚱᛖᚾᚾᚣᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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