ge-déman
- verb [ weak ]
Grammar
To deem, judge, determine, ordain, decree, doom, condemn; jūdĭcāre, decernĕre, sancīre, condenmāre
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He wile gedéman dǽda gehwylce
he will judge each deed,
- Exon. 15 b; Th. 33, 13 ;
- Cri. 525 .
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Ðæt he ǽghwelcne on riht gedémeþ
that he judge every one righteously,
- L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30 :
- Ps. Th. 57, 10 .
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He gedémde úrne Drihten to deáþe
he condemned our Lord to death,
- Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 42 .
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Gedémdon [MS. gedémden]
sanxērunt,
- Mone B. 1940 .
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Se ðe undóm gedéme
he who shall doom unjust doom,
- L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 7 .
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Swá gedémed is
as is ordained,
- Exon. 58 a; Th. 207, 26 ;
- Ph. 147 .
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He gedémed hæfde ðæt Ceólwulf æfter him cyning wǽre
successōrem fore Ceoluulfum decrēvisset,
- Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 1 :
- Cd. 186; Th. 231, 11 ;
- Dan. 245 .
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Fýnd syndon eówere gedémed to deáþe
your enemies are condemned to death,
- Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 19 ;
- Jud. 196 .
Etymology
Goth. ga-dómjan
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Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-déman.” 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/14055.
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