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self-déma

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Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§84; §463;
One who depends upon his own judgment [cf. ǽlc ídel mon liofaþ æfter his ágenum dóme,
    Past. 39; Swt. 283, 21
], used of a certain kind of monks called sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt
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  • Þridde cyn is muneca ealra atelucost, sylfdémena (

    sarabaitarum

    ), ðe nó on regules and láreówa tǽcinge ne beóþ áfandode, swá swá gold on heorðe . . . Ðæt feórþe muneca cyn ðe is wídscriþul genæmned . . . hié synt wyrsan ðænne ða sylfedéman (sylf-,
      MS. T.), R. Ben. 9, 10-10, 2.
  • Hý áscyriaþ hý sylfe fram mynsterlícum þeáwum and heora ágenum lustum filiaþ, hý sint Egyptiscan gereorde genemnede sarabagite oððe

    renuite,

    ðæt ys sylfedéman and wiðersacan,
      136, 12.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. sjálf-dæmi judgment given in a case by one of the parties themselves.]
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v.  déma.
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