† manath Obs.
Forms: 1 mán-áð, 2–3 manaþ, mon-oð, 4 mane-aþ, maineath.
[OE. mán-áð, f. mán man n.2 + áð oath; cf. the equivalent OS. mênêd (MDu. meineet), OHG. (MHG., mod.G.) meineid, ON. meineiðr (Da. and Sw. mened). The normal mod. form would be *moan-oath.]
False oath, perjury.
| a 1000 Laws æthelstan i. c. 25 Seþe man-að [v.r. mænneað] sweriᵹe. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 Alse þeos men doð þe liggeð inne eubruche and ine glutenerie and ine manaðas. a 1200 Ormin 4480 Þatt tu ne swere nan manaþ Forr lufe ne forr eȝȝe. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 215 On is leasing, oðer is mon-oð. a 1300 Cursor M. 27833 Fals foluing, fals wittnesing, Vnknaun lage, manath [c 1375 Fairf. mane-aþ, a 1400 Cotton Galba maineath], and lesing. |