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§5; §47; §129; §163; §272; §299; §529; §643;
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to judge.
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  • Ic déme (doemo, L.) swá swá ic gehýre

    sicut audio judico,

      Jn. 5, 30.

  • Gif ic déme (doemu,

      R.) mín dóm is sóð, 8, 16. 'Mé
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  • Yfele geréfan þá þe on wóh démaþ,

      61, 26.
  • Déme gé swá swá gé willon ꝥ eów sý gedémed, 28.
to judge a person,
with dat.
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  • Ic ne déme (doemo,

      L., doemu, R.) nánum men, Jn. 8, 15.

  • Se mon þe démeþ þǽm earmum búton mildheortnesse,

      Bl. H. 95, 35.

  • Ic démde twelf þeódum,

      155, 29.

  • Hé gecýðde ðæt hé him déman nolde, ðá hé gedyde dæt hí him selfe démdan . . . eft hit wæs gecweden: 'Ðǽr wé ús selfum démden, ðonne ne démde ús nó God'

    constat quod a suo judicio abscondere voluit quos sibimetipsis judices fecit . . . Hinc dicitur: 'Si nosmetipsos dijudicaremus, non judicaremur,'

      Past. 415, 3-8.

  • Samuel and Daniel cildgeonge forealdedum mæssepreóstum démdon (

    judicaverant

    ),
      R. Ben. 115, 8.

  • Dém folcum

    judica populos,

      Ps. Th. 7, 8.

  • Hé him symle rihle déme,

      Bl. H. 43, 11.
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  • Þú hí on rihtum rǽdum démest

    judicas populos in aequitate,

      Ps. Th. 66, 4.

  • Hé démeð fyrhte þearfan

    judicabit pauperes,

      71, 4.

  • Hié gescyldaþ þá unscyldigan, and þá scyldigan þearlwíslíce démaþ,

      Bl. H. 63, 20.

  • Dém þú þín folc,

      Ps. Th. 71, 2.
to judge a cause, crime
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  • Dém þíne ealde intingan

    judica causam tuam,

      Ps. Th. 73, 21.

  • Ðonne hié ðá scylda on him selfum démen and wrecæn

    cum culpas se judice puniat,

      Past. 151, 17.
where the matter of judgement is given
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  • Ic sóð symble déme

    ego justitiam judicabo,

      Ps. Th. 74, 2.

  • Hé riht folcum démeð,

      95, 10.

  • Démað ǽlcon men riht quod justum est judicate, Deut. 1, 16. (4 a) with cognate acc. :-- Hié démaþ heora dómas

    they give their judgements,

      Bl. H. 63, 18.

  • Sé þe þá gebregdnan dómas démde,

      99, 32.

  • Dém mínne dóm

    judica judicium meum,

      Ps. Th. 118, 154.

  • Démað steóp*-*cildum dómas sóðe

    judica pupillo,

      81, 3.
to sentence a person to punishment
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  • Dém þú hí tó deáþe,

      Jul. 87.

  • Nó hý hine tó deáþe déman móston,

      Gú. 521.

  • Deáþe déman,

      El. 303.
to adjudge, assign reward, punishment, &c., to a person
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  • Hé eallum démeð leán æfter ryhte,

      Cri. 846.

  • On swá hwæðere hond Dryhten mǽrðo déme swá him gemet þince,

      B. 687.

  • Hwæt mé God déman wille,

      Sat. 109: Cri. 803: Jul. 707: An. 75.
to settle, appoint, decree
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  • Heora scriftbéc tǽcan swá swá hié úre fæderas démdon,

      Bl. H. 43, 9.

  • God wolde hyra nýdwræce déman

    God would decree their exile,

      Gú. 526. (7 a) of decision by lot :--
    Heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó tá, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 31.

  • Hleótan man mót . . . ꝥ him déme seó tá, gif hí hwæt dǽlan willað,

      Hml. S. 17, 86.
to deem, think, suppose
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  • Doemo ic

    arbitror,

      Jn. L. 21, 25.

  • Doema

    censeo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 58.

  • Ne démeð hé

    non retur,

      61, 57.
to estimate, value
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  • [Swá] þearle hé démde

    tantopere (i. tam valde) taxauerat (i. iudicauerat ),

      An. Ox. 2014.
to proclaim something noble,
celebrate
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  • Hí eahtodon eorlscipe and his ellenweorc démdon, swá hit gedéfe bið þæt mon his dryhten wordum herge,

      B. 3175.

  • Is árlic þæt wé ǽfæstra dǽde démen, secgen Dryhtne lof,

      Gú. 498: Sat. 299.

  • Hié Dryhtnes ǽ déman sceoldon, reccan fore rincum,

      Ap. 10: An. 1196: 1405.

  • Wé þæt hýrdon hæleð eahtian, déman dǽdhwate, þætte gelamp,

      Jul. 2.

  • Déman, meldan,

      Rä. 29, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/42666.

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