manaþ
Old English
noun
Definitions
- false oath; perjury
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz (perjury) compound from Old English mān (wickedness, shameful act, crime) + Old English āþ (oath).
Origin
Old English
āþ
Gloss
oath
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Meineid German
- meinedig Dutch, Flemish
- meineed Dutch, Flemish
- *aiþaz Proto-Germanic
- *mainaiþaz Proto-Germanic
- *mainō Proto-Germanic
- friþaþ Old English
- mandæde Old English
- manswerian Old English
- mān Old English
- āþ Old English
- mone Middle English
- ooth Middle English
- meineid Middle High German
- *mainaiþ gmw-pro
- *meinēth Old Dutch