Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) swear (oath), invoke (person etc.)
(Fr) jurer, invoquer
(De) schwören (einen Eid), jmd. anrufen
Bibliography: CD 529ab?; CDC 81a?; CED 229?; KoptHWb 294?; DELC 250b?; ChLCS 73a?
Descended from Demotic ꜥrq, Hieroglyphic Egyptian ꜥrq to swear (an oath); to abjure; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲛⲧⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲥⲱⲣⲕ ⲛⲁϥ and she swore an oath. The Life of John the Kalybites part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.john_kalybites.budge:46-90)
  • ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲓⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲟⲩⲙⲓⲗⲓⲟⲛ · ϯⲱⲣⲕ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲙⲡⲃⲏⲙⲁ · ⲉⲧϩⲁϩⲟⲧⲉ · ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ · ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲙⲃⲱ ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ · ϫⲉⲛϯϫⲓϭⲟⲗ ⲁⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲧⲓⲛⲁϫⲟⲟϥ · ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϫⲉⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲃⲁⲕⲟⲩⲙ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲙⲛⲡⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ · ⲁϥⲛⲧϥ ⲉϫⲙⲡϣⲏⲓ ⲛⲙⲙⲟⲩⲓ · ⲁϥⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ · ϩⲙⲡϣⲏⲓ ⲛⲙⲙⲟⲩⲓ · And when I had journeyed into the mountain about the distance of a mile — now I, Pambo, the least of men, swear unto thee by the awful throne of God, and I do not lie in what I am going to say — the being who seized the prophet Habakkuk in ancient days, and carried him, and the food which was in his hands, and brought him to the pit of the lions [when] Habakkuk gave it (i.e. the food) to Daniel who was in the pit of the lions, Life of Cyrus in Budge ed. part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.cyrus.budge:1-9)
  • ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙⲉϥⲱⲣⲕ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲛⲁϣ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ · and never, under any circumstances, did he swear an oath by anything or by anybody. Martyrdom of Victor part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:martyrdoms.victor.budge:1-6)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C5548 (ⲱⲣⲕ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C5548 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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