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to give judgement against a person.
in a general sense,
to condemn, express disapproval of
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  • (St. Martin)

    nǽnigne man unrihtlíce fordémde, ne nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele geald,

    • Bl. H. 223, 32
    • .
in a civil case
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  • Þý lǽs ǽnig man cweðe þæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde,

    • Cht. Th. 486, 28
    • .
in a criminal case,
to condemn, sentence to punishment
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  • Hwǽr synd þá ðe þé wrégdon? Ne fordémde

    (condemnauit)

    þé nán man ... Ne ic þé ne fordéme

    (condemnabo),

    • Jn. 8, 10, 11
    • .
  • Hí habbaþ démena naman, and ... hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ búton scylde,

    • Bl. H. 63, 11
    • .
  • Heó nolde seccgan unsóð and hí sylfe fordéman,

    • Hml. S. 12, 241
    • .
  • 'Ðú eart fordémed.' Ðá cwæð Apollonius: 'Hwá mihte mé fordéman, mínre ágenre þeóde ealdorman? ... For hwilcum intingum hæfð hé mé fordémed? ... Micclum ic eom fordémed,

    • Ap. Th. 8, 1-7.
  • Scyldig

    reus,

    fordémed

    damnatus vel condempnatus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 62
    • :
    • 49, 2
    • .
  • Ealle þá þe fordémede wǽron ... hié hit eall forgeáfon,

    • Ors. 4, 9
    • ;
    • S. 190, 35
    • .
  • Fordémendra

    dampnatorum, i. proscriptorum,

    • An. Ox. 3479.
in a spiritual sense:
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  • Sé þe mé forsyhð ... hé hæfð hwá him déman sceal. Mín word sceal hine fordéman

    (judicabit,

    • Jn. 12, 48
    • ),
    • Hml. A. 9, 219
    • .
  • Se fordémda þrowað on þám ýttrum þeóstrum,

    • Hml. Th. i. 530, 24
    • .
  • Hí ne beeódon heora geleáfan ... ðás beóð fordémede,

    • 396, 27
    • .
  • Fordémde,

    • Bl. H. 87, 2
    • .
where the punishment to which a person is condemned is stated:
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  • God fordémð þá dyrnan forligeras on helle súslum,

    • Hml. A. 19, 144.
  • Mon fordémde ealle þá Bryttas ... sume hí wurdon forblende, and sume wrecen of lande,

    • Chr. 1076
    • ;
    • P. 212, 24
    • .
  • Se cásere hine fordémde þyder

    (to Patmos),

    • Hml. S. 29, 96
    • .
  • Hí hine fordémdon tó deáþe,

    • Hml. A. 75, 70
    • .
  • Hí wurdon deádlice and fordémde tó helle,

    • 3, 58
    • :
    • 80, 184
    • .
to confiscate, sequestrate,
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v. for-déming
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  • Fordémet

    addicit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 51
    • .
  • Fordémde

    proscriberentur (possessiones earum fiscali jure),

    • An. Ox. 4845
    • .
  • [He let him fordéme lif and lime,

    • O. and N. 1098.]
to give judgement on, decide, determine
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  • Hé ǽr on him fordéme gif líf his on wyrþscype sí wel þæslic

    ante in se discutiat si uita honore sit condigna,

    • Scint. 125, 5
    • .
  • Swá segð se apostol

    • (v. 1 Cor. 11, 29)

    fordémiende

    (dijudicantes)

    líchaman Drihtnes,

    • Angl. xiii. 389, 344
    • .
Etymology
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N. E. D. fordeem.
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