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dem

  • noun [ masculine ]
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dem, demm,es ; m.
, mischief, harm, injury, loss, misfortune; damnum, mălum, noxa, injūria, detrīmentum, calămĭtas
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  • Ðǽr wæs án swá micel dem

    there was so great a loss,

    • Ors. 6,
      • 14;
    • Bos. 122,
      • 21.

  • Be ðæs demmes ehte

    pro damni æstimatiōne,

    • Ex. 22,
      • 5.

  • He ðone demm his giémeliéste gebétan ne mæg

    he cannot remedy the mischief of his neglect,

    • Past. 36,
      • 3;
    • Hat. MS. 47 a,
      • 22.

  • Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnig man atellan mǽge ealne ðone dem ðe Rómánum gedón wearþ

    I do not think that any man can tell all the harm which was done to the Romans,

    • Ors. 2,
      • 8;
    • Bos. 51,
      • 28.

  • Hit oft gebýraþ ðæt seó leáse wyrd ne mæg ðam men dón nǽnne dem

    it often happens that deceitful fortune can do no injury to a man,

    • Bt. 20
      • ;
    • Fox 70,
      • 23.

  • He geman ðone demm oððe ðæt bismer, ðæt him ǽr gedón wæs

    he remembers the injury or the disgrace that was formerly done to him,

    • Past. 33,
      • 7;
    • Hat. MS. 43 b, 2: Ors. 2,
      • 4;
    • Bos. 43,
      • 29.

  • Óðrum monnum þyncþ ðæt hie mǽstne demm [dem MS. Cott.] þrówigen

    it seems to other men that they suffer the greatest misfortune,

    • Past, 14,
      • 5;
    • Hat. MS. 18 a,
      • 26.
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v.  demm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dem.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7552.

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