Expressing anger, surprise, or frustration. Note: It is Old English, so it is not often, if at all, used anymore.
"Damme, Deerslayer, if I did not believe you are at heart a Moravian, and no fair-minded, plain-dealing hunter, as you've pretended to be!"
(Excerpt taken from The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper.)
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