Ge-temian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-temian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-temian
Add: I. to tame. II. [as causative to a verb corresponding to O. H. Ger. ge-zeman; p. -zam convenire decere] to cause to be fitting, to allow (?) :-- Ð áne mihtest getemian ꝥ pound; míre andetnysse leóht-fæt sceolde ácwyncan, Hml. S. 23, 810. [Goth, ga-tamjan to tame: O. H. Ger. ge-zemmen domare.] v. un-getemed. ge-temian

Related words: tam :-- Ylpas getemode and to wíge gewenode, Hml. S. 25, 558.

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