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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567, 1671
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Missworne, Miswaron, ppl. a. [e.m.E. myssworone (1506).] Perjured. = Manesworn. —1567 Dundee Chart. 151.
Gif any person … reveil … the secretts … he heirs in the counsall … to be dischargit of said place in the counsall as ane missworne person 1671 Forbes Baron Ct. 284.
That shee callit the said Georg Michell perjurit and miswaron carll
