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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-déman

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1 ge-déman

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

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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