teám
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§225;
A line; but the word which is used in the related
dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English
figuratively.
a line of descendants, offspring,
progeny, family, children
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Nán wen ne wífaþ, ne wíf ne ceorlaþ, ne teám ne biþ getýmed
children are not brought forth,
- Homl. Th. i. 238, 1.
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Seó gelaþung is úre ealra módor ... hire teám nis ná líchamlíc ac gástlíc,
- 492, 8: Homl. Skt. i. 20, 9.
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Wuenumon and hire teám, Moruiw and hire teám and Wurgustel and his teám wuárun gefreód ... Marh gefreóde Leðelt and ealle hire teám,
- Chart. Th. 626, 22-37.
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Ðæs teámes wæs tuddor gefylled unlytel dǽl eorðan gesceafta,
- Cd. Th. 97, 15;
- Gen. 1613.
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Berende in teáme
fecunda in sobole,
- Rtl. 110, 7.
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Hé Noe bearh and his wífe and his teáme,
- Gen. 5, 31 note: Homl. Skt. i. 8, 18.
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Caines ofspring forwearð ádrenced on ðam deópan flóde ... and of ðam yfelan teáme ne com nán þing siððan,
- Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 27.
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Séd ł teám
semen,
- Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 21, 22.
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Ðæt folc týmde micelne teám on ðam wéstene,
- Homl. Th. ii. 212, 17.
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Teám gestrýnan,
- 324, 11.
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Ðreó wíteþeówe men mé salde bisceop and hire teám,
- Chart. Th. 152, 22.
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Fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas, teámum and túdre,
- Cd. Th. 92, 27;
- Gen. 1535.
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¶ of animals :--Beón týmaþ heora teám mid clǽnnysse,
- Homl. Th. ii. 10, 17.
- Jul. 61, 7.
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Drauh togedere al þene team under þe moder,
- A. R. 336, 15.
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Wurrþenn wiþþ childe, and tæmenn hire tæm,
- Orm. 2415.
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Ys foure sones ... Þys was a stalwarde tem,
- R. Glouc. 261, 4.
bringing forth children,
child-bearing
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:-- Ðonne wíf byþ teámes ætealdod,
- Homl. Ass. 20, 159.
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His wíf wearð mid Esau and Iacob, and heó geswác ðá teámes,
- 38, 339.
- O. E. Homl. ii. 133, 32.
a line of animals harnessed together,
a team
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Oxa on ðam forman teáme (cf. oxa on frumteáme imus, ii. 48, 36) imus, on ðam æfteran teáme
binus (bimus),
- Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 47, 48.
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On ðæm æftran teáme
bimus,
ii.- 12, 70.
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as a legal term, vouching to warranty. The word denotes one step
in the proceedings of a suit for the recovery of property, which was found in one
man's possession and claimed by another, who alleged that it had been stolen or had
strayed from him. The peculiar character of the process to which it refers was
determined by the formalities insisted upon by the law when property changed hands.
At such a transaction the presence of witnesses was necessary (L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158,
11: L. Edg. H. 4; Th. i. 258, 22: L. Edm. C. 5; Th. i. 253, 8: L. C. S. 23; Th. i.
388, 21: 24; Th. i. 390, 4), and one responsible person (geteáma),
who according to Ine's laws must not be a þeów man (L. In. 47; Th.
i. 132, 5), was to be fixed upon as representing the party that made the sale or
transfer, and to him, if a question subsequently arose as to ownership, the new owner
might refer (tíman) in support of his right; this referring the
property to the party who had sold it was teám. In cases of
undivided ownership the geteáma would be the person making the
sale; in cases of joint ownership one of the parties would be taken. The proceedings
in a suit in which teám was resorted to seem to have been somewhat
as follows. The plaintiff, who made claim to property on the plea that it had been
stolen from him, had to give security that he would carry on his case: Warige hine,
se ðe his ágen befóþ, ðæt hé tó ǽlcan teáme hæbbe getrýwne borh, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th.
i. 290, 6: Wil. I. 21; Th. i. 477, 11; the defendant had to declare how the property
came into his hands, and to give security that he would produce his
geteáma in court: Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe hé
hit æt befó hwanon hit him cóme, sylle on hand and sette borh (pledge
himself and find security) ðæt hé bringe his geteáman in ðǽr hit besprecen
biþ, L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 15. On the case being brought into court (which was
to be held in cynges sele, L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 18: 16; Th. i.
34, 7, or kyninges burh: Ǽlc teám beó on ðæs kyninges byrig; L.
Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 296, 4), the plaintiff made oath, that he prosecuted his suit
lawfully and fairly, L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 10, and without malice, 4; Th. i. 180, 8;
the defendant on his side made oath that he had had no part in the alleged robbery,
but had acquired the property in a lawful manner, 3; Th. i. 178, 16, and was
guiltless, 5; Th. i. 180, 14. He was now bound to produce witnesses of the
transaction which resulted in his acquiring the property in dispute, or
teám was denied him: Búton hé ðara óðer (certain
witness) hæbbe, nele him mon nǽnne teám geþafian, L. Edg. H. 4; Th. i. 260,
2. Ne beó ǽnig man ǽniges teámes wyrðe búton hé getrýwe gewitnysse hæbbe, L. C. S.
23; Th. i. 388, 20. Ne beó ðǽr nán teám, 24; Th. i. 390, 6. If the witness was
forthcoming, the geteáma had to be produced, and witness or oath
again was called for to prove that the defendant's proceedings were correct: Wé
cwǽdon, se ðe týman scolde, ðæt hé hæfde ungeligene gewitnesse ðæs ðæt hé hit on riht
týmde, oþþe ðone áð funde ðe se gelýfan mihte ðe on sprece, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 16.
If the geteáma, though living, were not brought, according to one
regulation the defendant lost his case, and had to resign the property, L. H. E. 7;
Th. i. 30, 9; according to another, if he could bring witness to prove the sale, he
received the price of the property he had to give up, 16; Th. i. 34, 8. If the
geteáma were dead other formalities were prescribed, L. In. 53;
Th. i. 134, 17: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 9. If all the requirements had been
satisfied the property in question was handed over to the geteáma:
Se ðe yrfe bycge on gewitnesse, and hit eft týman scyle, ðonne onfó se his ðe hé hit
ǽr æt bohte, L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 12. Swá ic hit týme swá hit mé se sealde ðe
ic hit nú on hand sette, L. O. 3; Th. i. 180, 3: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 20; and
the defendant thereupon appealed to the geteáma to corroborate his
statement of the case, 21. If the latter accepted the property, the former was
cleared, and the geteáma himself was now in a similar position to
that in which the defendant had stood, 22; but if he declined to receive it, and
declared that it was not the property he had sold, then the defendant had to prove
that it was: Gif se mon (the geteáma) onfón ne wille, and sægþ ðæt
hé him nǽfre ðæt (the property) ne sealde, ac sealde óðer, ðonne
mót se gecýðan, se ðe hit tiémþ, ðæt hé him nán óðer ne sealde búton ðæt ilce, L. In.
75; Th. i. 150, 7: cf. 35; Th. i. 124, 10. If however the case were not stopped, the
process, in earlier times, was repeated until either there was a failure to produce a
geteáma (v. teámbyrst), or the property was traced to some person
whose right to its possession was undoubted: Gange se teám forð óþþæt man wire hwǽr
hé óðstande, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 15: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 3. Betweox teáme
gif hwá tó féhþ, and ná furðor teám ne cenþ, ac ágnian wile, ne mæg mon ðæs wyrnan,
gif getrýwe gewitnes him tó ágenunge rýmþ, 290, 18. Later teám was
necessary only three times: Týme hit man þrywa, æt ðam feórðan cyrre ágnige hit, oððe
ágyfe ðam ðe hit áge, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 9. At one time also a change was made
in the place where teám should be made: Be teámum. Hwílon stód ðæt
man sceolde þrywa týman ðǽr hit ǽrest befangen wǽre, and syþþan fylgean teáme swá
hwǽr swá man tó cende. Ðá gerǽddan witan, ðæt hit betere wǽre, ðæt man ǽure týmde ðǽr
hit ǽrest befangen wǽre ... ðý læs ðe mon unmihtigne man tó feor and tó lange for his
ágenan swencte, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 288, 28. A case in which a defendant is cleared
by his geteáma, who, however, cannot get himself cleared, is given
Chart. Th. 206, 19 sqq. A woman had been stolen, and was found in the possession of
one Wulfstan. Ðá týmde Wulfstán hine (the woman) tó Æðelstáne; ðá
cende hé tém and lét ðone forberstan. v. teám-byrst. Another
case is mentioned where a bishop was not allowed teám: Ne móste se
bisceop beón ðara þreora nánes wyrðe ðe eallum leódscipe geseald wæs on wedde, tale,
ne teámes, ne áhnunga,
- 266, 11.
The word also occurs often in charters along with sac,
sóc, toll, etc., where according to one definition it refers to the
right to the forfeitures which were made in the suits where
teám was resorted to: Theam, quod si aliquis aliquid
interciebatur super aliquem, et ipse non poterat warrantum suum habere, erit
forisfactura, et justicia sinuliter de calumpniatore, si deficiebat, sua erit, L.
Ed. C. 22; Th. i. 452, 1. Donavi abbati ... consnetudinem que dicitur teames,
Chart. Th. 405, 1. v. teám-byrst. A different meaning is
given elsewhere to the word. In Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 7 teám
occurs, and in the Latin form of the charter is rendered by 'privilegium habendi
totam suorum seruorum propaginem,' 203, 6.
O. Frs. tám
a bridle; a line of descendants, progeny, family:
O. L. Ger. tóm
frenum: Du.
toom:
O. H. Ger.
zoum
funis, habena; Icel.
taumr
bridle, rein, cord.]
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Linked entries
v.
teám-byrst tém ge-teáma wróht-getíme.
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Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “teám.” 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/30238.
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