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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1551-1609
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Perjure, a. [Late ME. periur (Lydgate), AF. perjur (Gower), OF. parjur, L. perjūr-us.] Perjured, perjurious. = Perjurit. 1551 Acts II. 486/1.
[They] swa ar of the law periure and infame 1572 Crail B. Ct. MS. 7 Oct.
To be repute and haldin periure in all tyme theirefter c1575 Balfour Pract. 376.
To heir thame [witnesses] decernit perjure and mensworn a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xviii. 70.
The kyt wes palȝard and perjure 1606 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 249. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Table s.v. Perjure.
Perjure and main-sworne persones sould be excluded furth of the societie of all men 1609 Ib.
He is perjure quha resettis malefactours and man-slayers
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