manaþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz, equivalent to mān + āþ. Cognate with Dutch meineed, German Meineid and Swedish mened.

Noun

mānāþ m

  1. false oath; perjury

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: monoth, manath, manwaþ, maineath
    • Scots: mane-atht

References

  • mānāþ in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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