Old English · verb

deman

Normalised dēman

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈdeː.mɑn/
Syllables: ˈdeː · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: deem tō

Meaning

to judge

Ne sċeall nān godes þeġn for sċeattum riht dēman, ac healdan þone dōm ġif godes man sȳ...

Nor shall one of God's servants decide a law for wealth, but maintain the judgement if he is a man of God...
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Conjugation

Conjugation of deman
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	dēme	dēmde
2nd singular	dēmest dēmst	dēmdest
3rd singular	dēmeþ dēmþ	dēmde
Plural	dēmaþ	dēmdon
Subjunctive
Singular	dēme	dēmde
Plural	dēmen	dēmden

Non-finite forms of deman
	Form
Infinitive	dēman
Inflected infinitive	dēmenne
Imperative singular	dēm
Imperative plural	dēmaþ
Present participle	dēmende
Past participle	dēmed ġedēmed

All forms (17)

dēme
dēmde
dēmest
dēmst
dēmdest
dēmeþ
dēmþ
dēmaþ
dēmdon
dēmen
dēmden
dēman
dēmenne
dēm
dēmende
dēmed
ġedēmed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian dēma, Old Saxon dōmian, Dutch doemen, Old High German tuomen, Old Norse dǿma (Danish dømme, Icelandic dæma), Gothic (dōmjan).

Descendants

deem

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