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Dem

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1 dem

m. Damage, mischief, harm, injury, loss, misfortune; damnum, mălum, noxa, injūria, detrīmentum, calămĭtas :-- Ðǽr wæs án swá micel dem there was so great a loss, Ors. 6, 14; Bos. 122, 21. Be ðæs demmes ehte pro damni æstimatiōne, Ex. 22, 5. He ðone demm his giémeliéste gebétan ne mæg he cannot remedy the mischief of his neglect, Past. 36, 3; Hat. MS. 47 a, 22. Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnig man atellan mǽge ealne ðone dem ðe Rómánum gedón wearþ I do not think that any man can tell all the harm which was done to the Romans, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 28. Hit oft gebýraþ ðæt seó leáse wyrd ne mæg ðam men dón nǽnne dem it often happens that deceitful fortune can do no injury to a man, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 23. He geman ðone demm oððe ðæt bismer, ðæt him ǽr gedón wæs he remembers the injury or the disgrace that was formerly done to him, Past. 33, 7; Hat. MS. 43 b, 2: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 29. Óðrum monnum þyncþ ðæt hie mǽstne demm [dem MS. Cott.] þrówigen it seems to other men that they suffer the greatest misfortune, Past, 14, 5; Hat. MS. 18 a, 26. dem
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
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