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déman

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
déman, to démanne, démenne; part. démende; ic déme, ðú démest,démst, he démeþ, démþ, pl.démaþ ; p. démde, pl. démdon; impert. dém, déme, pl. démaþ, déme ge; pp. démed; v. trans. dat. acc. [dóm judgment, opinion]
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §129; §163; §272; §299; §529; §643;
To DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn; judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre
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  • He com déman eorþan

    venit judicāre terram,

    • Ps. Lamb. 95, 13: Elen
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 621
      • ;
    • El. 311: Exon. 63 a
      • ;
    • Th. 231,
      • 25;
    • Ph. 494
      • .

  • Nellen ge déman, ðæt ge ne sýn fordémede

    nolīte judicāre, ut non judicemĭni,

    • Mt. Bos. 7,
      • 1.

  • Eorþan to démanne

    judicāre terram,

    • Ps. Th. 97, 8: Bd. 4,
      • 3;
    • S. 569. 27
      • .

  • To démenne ǽgðer ge ðám cucum ge ðám deádum

    to judge both the quick and the dead,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 596, 20: 598,
      • 6.

  • Démende

    judging,

    • Past. 15,
      • 6;
    • Hat. MS. 20 a, 19
      • .

  • Ic rihtwísnessa déme

    justĭtias judicābo,

    • Ps. Lamb. 74,
      • 3.

  • Ðæs ðe ic déme

    ut arbĭtror,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 27;
    • S. 497,
      • 5.

  • Ic déme oððe asmeáge

    censeo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26,
      • 2;
    • Som. 28,
      • 51.

  • Ic déme oððe, ic gefette oððe ic hálgige

    sancio,

    • 30,
      • 1;
    • Som. 34,
      • 33.

  • Ðú démst [Th. démest] folctruman on emnysse

    judĭcas popŭlos in æquitāte,

    • Ps. Lamb. 66,
      • 5.

  • Nǽfre God démeþ ðæt ǽnig ðæs earm geweorþe

    God never deems [ = decrees] that any should become so poor,

    • Exon. 78 b
      • ;
    • Th. 294,
      • 17;
    • Crä. 16
      • .

  • Ðis fýr æfter weorca ge-earnunge ánra gehwylcum démeþ and bærneþ

    iste rogus juxta merĭta opĕrum singŭlos examĭnat,

    • Bd. 3,
      • 19;
    • S. 548,
      • 27.

  • He démþ folcum mid rihte

    judicābit popŭlos cum justĭtia,

    • Ps. Th. 9, 9: Ps. Lamb. 95,
      • 13.

  • Ðam ylcan dóme ðe ge démaþ, eów biþ gedémed

    in quo judĭcio judicātis, judicabimĭni,

    • Mt. Bos. 7,
      • 2.

  • He monige démde to deáþe

    he doomed many to death,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 997
      • ;
    • El. 500
      • .

  • Moises and Aaron gegaderodon ealle ðás and démdon him

    quos Moyses et Aaron congregavērunt recensentes eos,

    • Num. 1,
      • 18.

  • Ne dém nán unriht ... déme rihte ðínum néxtan

    non injuste judicābis ... juste judĭca proxĭmo tuo,

    • Lev. 19,
      • 15.

  • Rihtlíce démaþ eálá ge suna manna

    recte judicāte fīlii homĭnum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 57, 2: 81,
      • 3.

  • Hú lange déme ge unrihtwísnesse

    usquequo judicātis iniquitātem?

    • 81,
      • 2.

  • Ne wæs sóna his hálgung [MS. halgunge] démed

    nec statim ordinātio decrēta,

    • Bd. 4,
      • 28;
    • S. 606,
      • 22.

  • Beóþ his dagas swylce démde gelíce swá ðú on scimiendre sceade lócige

    dies ejus sicut umbra prætĕreunt,

    • Ps. Th. 143,
      • 5.
Etymology
[
Wyc. Piers P. Chauc. demen:
R. Glouc. ydemd, pp:
Laym. demenn:
Orm. deme, demen:
O. Sax. dóman, duomian:
O. Frs. déma:
M. H. Ger. tücmen:
O. H. Ger. tuomian:
Goth. domyan:
Dan. dömme:
Swed. döma:
Icel. dæma
.]
Derived forms
a-déman, for-, ge-, to-
Linked entries
v.  a-déman doeman.
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Citation

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/7554.

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