▪ I. † teme, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 tęmman, tęmian, tymian, 2–3 temien, 3 temie, 3–4 teme, 4 tyme.
[OE. tęmman, tęmian, = OLG. *temmjan (MLG., MDu. temmen, temen, Du., LG. temmen, LG. tämen), OHG. *zammjan, zęmman (MHG. zem(m)en, Ger. zähmen), ON., Norw. tęmja (Sw. tämja, Da. tæmme), Goth. tamjan, f. OTeut. *tamo{supz}, tame a. The OE. regular form tęmman was superseded by tęmian (Sievers Ags. Gram. §400 Anm. 2), whence ME. temien, teme, which was displaced in 15th c. by tamen, tame v., conformed to tame a. (The forms tymian, tymen, are irregular.) The cognate langs. have preserved the umlauted form.]
1. trans. To bring (a wild animal, etc.) under the control of man; to reclaim from the wild state, to domesticate; = tame v. 1.
| c 1000 ælfric Gram. xxiv. (Z.) 138 Ic temiᵹe, domo. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 184 Nytenu tymian. Ibid. 200 Wilde deor temian. c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 39/173 Þe Bollokes wilde were..For huy ne scholden heom temie nouȝt. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 357 Hercules..temede þe world. |
2. To bring (a person, passions, etc.) under control; to subdue, subjugate, curb; = tame v. 2.
| c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. lvi. 433 Mon temeþ nis unaliefde lustas mid ðæm wordum ðære halᵹan lare. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark v. 4 Næniᵹ monn mæhte hine temma. [So c 975 Rushw. Gosp.] c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 63 To temien þe lichames orguil. 1306 Pol. Songs (Camden) 214 So hue [bishops and barons] were temed tho. a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxvii. 27 Fayre saules, þat has temyd þaire fleyss. c 1394 P. Pl. Crede 742 Y miȝt tymen þo troiflardes to toilen wiþ þe erþe. |
▪ II. teme
obs. f. team, teem, theme.