See dæmon on Wiktionary
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"english": "Perhaps also another demon, who, embracing the false belief that the cause of kings and nations is not fundamentally the same, […]",
"ref": "2 October 1834, Reverend Hallström, “Konstitutions-Utskottets Memorial, med betänkande och förslag, angående Landtdagar [Memorial of the Constitutional Committee, with considerations and proposals regarding State Diet]”, in Aftonbladet, number 228, page 2:",
"text": "Måhända ock en annan Dæmon, hvilken, hyllande den falska åsigt, att Konungarnes och Nationernas sak icke är i grunden densamma, […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Archaic form of demon."
],
"links": [
[
"demon",
"demon#Swedish"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"archaic",
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "dæmon"
}
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