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ge-temprian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-temprian, p. ode; pp. od
To temper, moderate, govern, cure; temperare
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  • 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.
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v.  temprian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-temprian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16390.

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