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tíma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
tíma, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §282; §298; §562;
Time, hour; tempus,
  • Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 66
hora,
  • ii. 132, 67.
time when, time at which an event takes place
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  • Hit wæs ðá se tíma ðæt wínberian rípodon

    erat tempus, quando jam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt,

    • Num. 13, 21.

  • Swá mon eorðan wæstmas hám gelǽdeþ on rýpes tíman,

    • Exon. Th. 214, 28;
    • Ph. 246.

  • Ðá gewearð hit on ðisum ilcan tíman oððe litle ǽr, ðæt . . .,

    • Chr. 1009;
    • Erl. 141, 28
      • :
    • 1015;
    • Erl. 152, 9.

  • Thomas tó ðam tíman ágeán férde búton bletsunga,

    • 1070;
    • Erl. 208, 9.

  • Týman on ásettum týman,

    • Homl. Th. i. 18, 26.

  • On unálýfedum tíman,

    • ii. 94, 3.

  • Gebiddaþ ealle hálige tó ðé on tilne tíman

    (in tempore opportuno),

    • Ps. Th. 31, 7.

  • Ðonne hé nytwyrðne tíman ongiet tó sprecenne

    cum opportunum considerat,

    • Past. 38;
    • Swt. 275, 14.

  • Ymbe ðone tíman ðe ðiss wæs

    at the time when this was happening,

    • Ors. 4, 5;
    • Swt. 168, 36.

  • Tiéman,

    • 4, 8;
    • Swt. 186, 34.

  • Ðæt hié ðoligen earfeðu ðǽm tímum ðe hié ðyrfen,

    • Past. 36;
    • Swt. 253, 10.

  • Ne ðincþ mé nǽfre nánwuht swá sóþlíc swá mé þincþ ðín spell ðǽm tímum (tídum, Cott. MS.) ðe ic ða gehére

    cum tuas rationes considero, nihil dici verius puto,

    • Bt. 38, 5;
    • Fox 204, 23.
a time when a thing can or ought to be done, a proper time, opportunity
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  • Ðonne ðæs ðinges tíma ne biþ ðæt hit mon sidelíce gebétan mǽge . . . ac ðonne se láreów ieldende sécþ ðone tíman ðe hé his hiéremenn sidelíce on ðreátigean mǽge

    cum rerum minime opportunitas congruit, ut aperte corrigantur . . . Sed cum tempus subditis ad correptionem quaeritur,

    • Past. 21;
    • Swt. 153, 1-6.

  • Ús is tíma ðæt wé onwæcnen of slǽpe

    hora est nos de somno surgere,

    • 63;
    • Swt. 459, 33.

  • Hwænne wylle gé singan? Þonne hyt tíma byþ,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 5.

  • Se wísa hit ieldcaþ and bítt tíman,

    • Past. 33;
    • Swt. 220, 10.

  • Nis hit nán wundur, ðeáh se wísa bíde his tíman,

    • 38;
    • Swt. 275, 13.

  • Hé ðencþ ðæs tíman hwonne hé hit wyrs geleánian mǽge

    deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat,

    • 33;
    • Swt. 227, 23.
time as in the phrases, in time, in good time, be-times; proper time because soon enough
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  • Ealle ðás ungesǽlða ús gelumpon þurh unrǽdas, ðæt mann nolde him tó tíman (á tíman, MS. C.) gafol bédan; ac ðonne hí mǽst tó yfele gedón hæfdon, ðonne nam man grið and frið wið hí,

    • Chr. 1011;
    • Erl. 145, 2.

  • Þcófas tó tíman (forthwith) forwurðan, búton hig geswícan,

    • L. C. S. 4;
    • Th. i. 378, 13.
an appointed time
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  • Mín tíma ys gehende,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 18.

  • Drihtenes engel com tó his tíman on ðone mere, and ðæt wæter wæs ástyred,

    • Jn. Skt. 5, 4.
a period of time
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  • His tíma ne biþ ná langsum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 4, 18.

  • Hire tíma wæs gefylled, ðæt heó cennan sceolde,

    • i. 30, 11.

  • Ǽlces mannes tíma

    the time that each man lives,

    • Anglia viii. 336, 27.
marking date or limit, time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc.
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  • On ðet gerád ðet hé hæbbe ðone bryce ðes landes swá lange swá his týma sý

    so long as he live,

    • Cod. Dip. B. iii. 106, 39.

  • Hit wæs gewunelíc on ðam tíman,

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 26.

  • On mínum tíman swá on mínes fæder,

    • L. Edg. S. 2;
    • Th. i. 272, 28.

  • On úrum tíman,

    • Chart. Th. 240, 11.

  • On ðara heáhfædera tíman . . . on Moyses and on ðara wítegena tíman,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 6;
    • Th. ii. 366, 7-8.

  • Eall ðás geeodon in ússera tída tíman,

    • Exon. Th. 147, 12;
    • Gú. 726.
a season of the year
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  • Feówer tíman beóþ . . . Uer ys lengtentíma, and hé gǽþ tó túne on .vii. id. Febr. . . . Se óðer tíma hátte aestas . . . Se þridda tíma ys autumnus . . . Se feórða tíma ys genemned

    hiemps,

    • Anglia viii. 312, 14-31.

  • On wintres tíman, ðæt is fram ðan anginne ðæs mónðes, ðe is Nouember geháten, óþ Eástran,

    • R. Ben. 32, 10.

  • On ǽlcne tíman, ge on wintra ge on sumera,

    • 33, 20.
an age of the world
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  • Þrý tíman sind on ðyssere worulde;

    Ante legem, Sub lege, Sub gratia,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 190, 1.

  • Ðrý tíman synd getealde on ðissere worulde. Án tíma wæs ǽr Godes ǽ . . . Óðer under Godes lage . . . Ðridde under Cristes ágenre gife,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 6;
    • Th. ii. 366, 6.
as a grammatical term, time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity
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  • Ðæt rihtmetervers sceal habban feówer and twéntig tíman . . . Dactilus stent on ánum langum tíman and twám sceortum, and spondeus stent of feówrum langum,

    • Anglia viii. 314, 10-15
      • :
    • 335, 14.
time, condition of things
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  • Æfter ðisum fæce gewurðan sceall swá egeslíc tíma, swá ǽfre ǽr ne wæs,

    • Wulfst. 19, 3.

  • Wá ðám wífum ðe on ðam earmlícan tíman heora cild fédaþ,

    • 81, 7.
Etymology
[
Icel.tími.
]
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v.  tíme týma.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tíma.” 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/30503.

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