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tam

  • adjective
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tam, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§298;
Tame, the opposite of wild
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  • Tam

    subjugalis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 6.

  • Wilde bár aper, tam bár

    verres,

    • i. 22, 70-71.

  • Seó leó, ðeáh hió wel tam sé,

    • Bt. 25;
    • Fox 88, 9.

  • Tiles and tomes meares,

    • Exon. Th. 342, 13;
    • Gn. Ex. 142.

  • Hé rít uppan tamre assene and byre folan (sittende on eosule and on folan sunu ðære teoma, Rush.)

    sedens super asinam et pullum filium subjugalem,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5.

  • Wildu diór woldon stondan swilce hí tamu wǽron,

    • Bt. 35, 6;
    • Fox 168, 2.

  • On ðære feórþan fléringa wæs ðæra tamra nýtena steall,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 21, 9.

  • Hé hæfde tamra deóra ( reindeer ) syx hund,

    • Ors. 1, 1;
    • Swt. 18, 10.

  • Tame (wudufuglas),

    • Bt. 25;
    • Fox 88, 18: Met. 13, 44.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. zam
subjugalis, domitus, mansuetus, mitis:
Icel. tamr tame;
ready for, used to.]
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v.  teoma tom.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tam.” 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/30198.

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