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oathbreach

/ˈoʊθbɹiːt͡ʃ/

oathbreach noun: breach or breaking of an oath; perjury.

Noun

oathbreach (countable and uncountable, plural oathbreaches)

  1. Breach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
    • To this list of deadly crimes, naming house-breaking, arson or fire-raising, open theft (ran), and clear murder and treason to one's lord, the Northmen seem to have added unnatural crime (arg-scap), witchcraft, blasphemy, and oath-breach, [...]1886, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, F York Powell, Sigfred-Arminius and other papers
    • Yet he calls him also a son of Constantine of Dunmonia, which is odd, seeing that the only direct reference of this primitive and melancholy father of British history to the West of England is the declaration with regard to oath-breach — [...]1891, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Report and transactions

Forms of oathbreach

pluraloathbreaches
alternative formoath-breach
alternative formoath breach

Origin of oathbreach

From Middle English othbreche, from Old English āþbriċe, āþbryċe (“the breaking of an oath, perjury”), equivalent to oath + breach. Compare West Frisian eedbrek (“perjury”), Dutch eedbreuk (“breach of an oath”), German Low German Eedbröök (“the breach of an oath”), German Eidbruch (“the breaking of an oath”).

Questions about oathbreach

What does oathbreach mean?
Oathbreach means breach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
What part of speech is oathbreach?
Oathbreach is a noun.
How do you pronounce oathbreach?
Oathbreach is pronounced /ˈoʊθbɹiːt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of oathbreach?
The plural of oathbreach is oathbreaches.

Words near oathbreach in the dictionary

  1. oath-helping
  2. oath-ring
  3. oath-rings
  4. oathable
  5. oathbound
  6. oathbreach
  7. oathbreaches
  8. oathbreaker
  9. oathbreakers
  10. oathbreaking
  11. oathed

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