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forswear (v.)
Old English
forswerian
"swear falsely" (intransitive), also "abandon or renounce on oath" (transitive), from
for-
"completely" +
swerian
"to swear" (see
swear
(v.)). Related:
Forswore
;
forsworn
;
forswearing
.