Middle English Dictionary Entry
tẹ̄men v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tẹ̄men v.(2) Also teme, (N) teim. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI toema. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To drain (a body of water); (b) to pour (sth.), pour (sth.) out; also, spill (sth.); ppl. teminge, of a wind: ?rushing; (c) to empty (sth.); ~ purse, fig. lighten (someone's) purse; ~ sadeles, unhorse riders in combat; (d) fig. to raze something, destroy; (e) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12020 : He..temed lakes þat he made.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)75/31 : Als and I suld teym þe see be droype.
b
- a1425 Here begynnes a new (Roy 17.C.17)244 : Oute of heven a dyn thai hard; As a grete wynd temand it fard And the howse fulfylled of hete.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)64/36 : Þan tak rekills & mak it in poudir & teme þam thurgh a scarce.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)125b : To Teme..fundere, effundere.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)125b : To Teme..haurire.
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)488 : Temyn, or maken empty: Vacuo, evacuo.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1801 : So many biernez the bolde broughte owt of lyfe, Tittez tirauntez doun, and temez theire sadills.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1110 : With swerdis swyftly þay smyte, Þay teme sadils full tyte.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)307/2 : He..temyd many mans purs.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)125b : To Teme: Euacuare, defercire.
d
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)136.10 : The whilk seys temys, temys [L exinanite] til the ground in hit.
e
- (1332) Nickname in LuSE 55176 : Joh. Temelathe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 Diseases Horse (Chr)346 : The costifnes is when þat a hors may not kayme [Wood D.8: keym; Wood empt.18: cayme; ?read: tayme].
Note: Sense: 'to evacuate its bowels, defecate'; cp. parallel reading in Wynkyn de Worde edition, Propretees & Medicynes of hors (STC 20439.5): "tayme".