Temprian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Temprian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-temprian. temprian

Definitions

1 temprian

p. ode, ede. I. to mix in due proportion, to mingle :-- Ic temprede (potum meum cum fletu) temperabam, Blickl. Gl. II. to temper, regulate, moderate :-- Seó sunne gǽþ geond stówa and tempraþ ða eorðlícan wæstmas ǽgðer ge on wæstme ge on rípunge, Lchdm. iii. 250, 17. Hí ná tempredon gýfernysse hǽtan non temperauerunt gulae ardorem, Scint. 107, 12. Bryne líchamena mid cealdrum éstum tó temprigenne (temperandus est), 52, 2. [O. H. Ger. temp[a]rón obtemperare, temperare, medicare: Icel. tempra. From Latin.]

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ᛏᛖᛗᛈᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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