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Old English · verb

temian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈte.mi.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈte · mi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
temetame

Meaning

  1. to tame

Conjugation

Conjugation of temian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular temietemiġetemedetemode
2nd singular temesttemasttemedesttemodest
3rd singular temeþtemaþtemedetemode
Plural temiaþtemedontemodon
Subjunctive
Singular temietemiġetemedetemode
Plural temientemiġentemedentemoden
Non-finite forms of temian
Form
Infinitive temian
Inflected infinitive temienne
Imperative singular temetema
Imperative plural temiaþ
Present participle temiende
Past participle temedġetemedtemodġetemod

All forms (26)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, *tamjōn, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną. Cognate with Old Frisian tema, temia, Old High German zemen, zemmen, Old Norse temja.

Descendants

teme

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