DÉMA

noun [ masculine ]

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Grammar

DÉMA, an; m. [déman to deem, judge, think] .

Wright's OE grammar

§400;

a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire; censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter

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Ic eom se déma

I am the judge,
- Exon. 42 b
- Th. 144,
- Gú. 675: 69 a
- Th. 257,
- Jul. 249: Judth. 10
- Thw. 22,
- Jud. 59
Se Déma gegaderaþ ðæt clǽne corn into his berne

the Judge shall gather the pure corn into his barn,
- Homl. Th. ii. 68, 17: i. 526,
Gehýraþ hwæt se unrihtwísa déma cwyþ

audīte quid judex iniquitātis dicit,
- Lk. Bos. 18, 6, 2: Ps. Lamb. 74, 8: Ps. Th. 67, 6: Wrt, Voc. 72,
Déma judex, vel censor, vel arbĭter, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 9; Wrt. Voc, 42, 18: 86; Som. 74, 21; Wrt. Voc. 50, 5:

consul,
- Ælfc. Gr. 9,
- Som. 9,
Sceall ǽghwylc ðǽr riht gehýran dǽda gehwylcra, þurh ðæs déman múþ

there shall every one hear the right of all his deeds, through the judge's month,
- Elen. Kmbl. 2564
- El. 1283: Exon. 69 b
- Th. 257,
- Jul. 256.
Him egsa becom for déman

dread came over them before their judge,
- Cd. 221
- Th. 288,
- Sat, 380: 175
- Th. 220,
- Dan. 71
Ic ðone déman in dagum mínum wille weorþian

I will worship the judge in my days,
- Exon. 41 b
- Th. 139,
- Gú. 590
Besencte syndon wið stán déman heora

absorpti sunt juxta petram judĭces eōrum,
- Ps. Lamb. 140,
Déman censōres, vel judĭces, vel

arbitri,
- Ælfc. Gl. 8
- Som. 56,
- Wrt. Voc. 18,
Ealra démena ðam gedéfestan

to the most benevolent of all judges,
- Exon. 93 a
- Th. 350,
- Sch. 58
Ǽrmorgenes gancg wið ǽfentíd ealle ða déman Drihten healdeþ

exĭtus matutīni et vespĕre delectabĕris,
- Ps. Th. 64,

the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal

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Etymology

[

Laym. deme a judge:

Orm. deme a chief, ruler, judge:

O. H. Ger. tuomo, m. judex, dux

Derived forms

ealdor-déma, heofon-déma, sige-

Linked entries

v. dǽma doema.

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Bosworth, Joseph. “DÉMA.” 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/7553.

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