Middle English Dictionary Entry
fordẹ̄men v.
Entry Info
| Forms | fordẹ̄men v. Ppl. fordẹ̄med, -dempt. |
| Etymology | OE fordēman. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. demen judge.
1.
(a) To convict (someone) of a crime, to condemn;--often with to or into phrase; ~ lif and lim, to condemn to death; (b) ppl. pl. fordemde, condemned or damned persons, the condemned.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150 Rwl.G.57 Gloss.(Rwl G.57)27 : Dampnaris: fordeme þu.
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 113)21 : Forræde: fordemde.
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 113)23 : Forsædon: fordemdon.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)83 : Þe soðe quen shal a domes arisen on þe michele mote and fordemen þis frakede folc.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/4 : He herfore wurðe fordemd into helle pine.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)53/14 : He ðar rihtes fordemþ him seluen ær he to ðe dome cume.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)36/34 : Ant tu..Beatest us & bindest & to deað fordemest.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2217 : Fordem nu me & mine.
- a1250 Lofsong Louerde (Nero A.14)211 : Ȝif we ne fordemden us seoluen, ne schulde we nout beon elles hwar fordemed.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1098 : Let þane lutle fuȝel nime, An him fordeme lif an lime.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)755 : Fordempt he was thoruh his owne speche By iugement to han for deth the wreche.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)63/691 : Ha stutte i þet stude þer þe fordemde schulden deað drehen.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)16/144 : Nis þer na steuene bituhhe þe fordemde bute 'wumme' & 'wa is me.'
2.
(a) To condemn to ruin, destroy; (b) fordon and fordemen, to ruin or destroy utterly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21314 : Swa ich wulle nu to dæi Colgrim al fordemen [Otho: fordeme].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29350 : Þus wes þa riche burh mid reouðen fordemed.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)447 : Nis þer nout in world bileued Þat nis destrued and todreued, And dreynt, forloren, and fordemed.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)36.358 : We ne weten what he hath Misdo, that vppon ȝone towr is fordemed so.
b
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)270 : Þa boð nu mid him in helle fordon and fordemet [vrr. fordempde, vordemde].
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)6/9 : Olibrius..alle þe lefden o þe liuiende godd fordude & fordemde.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)427 : Þrefter þenne fordon ant fordemed [Roy: fordon hire & fordemen; Tit: fordemet].