A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1537-1552, 1605
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Perjure, v. [e.m.E. (to be) pariured p.p. (1477), periure v. tr. to prove false to or break (an oath etc.) (1483), perjure intr. to commit perjury (1647), mod. Eng. to perjure (oneself) (1755), OF. parjure-r (11th c. in Littré).] intr. or reflex. To perjure oneself, to commit perjury. —1537 Criminal Trials I. i. 203.
[They had] wilfullie … errit periurit and thame selff mansworne in [etc.] 1551–2 Reg. Privy C. I. 123.
Sa that he wilfullie perjuris and mansweris him selff 1605 Criminal Trials II. 454.
[They] be thair depositiounes periureit and mensweir thame selffis
