Ge-temprian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-temprian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-temprian

p. ode; pp. od To temper, moderate, govern, cure; temperare :-- Seó sunne ða eorþan getempraþ the sun tempers the earth, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. Scienc. 9, 3; Lchdm. iii. 250, 14. Getemprie seó bilewitnys ðæt fýr ðæt hit to réðe ne sý let the meekness temper the fire that it be not too fierce, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 8. Án is ðæt gehwá hine sylfne getemprige mid gemete on ǽte and on wǽte one is, that every one govern himself with moderation in food and drink, i. 360, 12. Mót se ðe wile mid sóþum lǽcecræfte his líchaman getemprian he who will may cure his body with true leechcraft, 474, 35. ge-temprian

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ᚷᛖ-ᛏᛖᛗᛈᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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