A Concise Dictionary of Middle English Part 210

+Tempre+, _v._ to temper, moderate, restrain, PP, C2; +temperid+, _pp._, directed, W2; +tempred+, fitted, attuned, S2, PP.--OF. _temprer_ (F.

_tremper_); Lat. _temperare_.

+Tempre+, _adj._ tempered, modified, temperate, H.--OF. _tempre_.

+Ten+, _v._ to draw, pull, train, also to go, mount, _reflex._ to conduct oneself, S; +teon+, S; +tuen+, HD; +te+, HD; +te+, _pr. s._, S; +tuhen+, _pt. pl._, S; +i-to?en+, _pp._, S; +i-tohen+, S. _Comb._: +ful-itohe+, badly trained, S.--AS. _teon_, pt. _teah_ (pl. _tugon_), pp. _togen_: Goth. _tiuhan_; cp. Lat. _ducere_; see Brugmann, -- 65.

+Tend+, _adj. ord._ tenth, S2, B; +tende+, HD.

+Tende+, _sb._ a tenth, HD; +teind+, t.i.the, S3; +tendis+, _pl._, H.--Icel. _tiund_, a tenth.

+Tende+, _v._ to t.i.the, Cath.

+Tenden+, _v._ to kindle, set fire to, S2, W; +teenden+, W; +tind+, HD; +tendeden+, _pt. pl._, PP; +tenden+, PP; +tendyn+, PP; +tende+, S2; +y-tend+, _pp._, S2.--AS. _tendan_ (in _on-tendan_): Goth. _tandjan_, causal of *_tindan_, to burn.

+Tene+, _sb._ grief, vexation, injury, S, S2, S3, PP, B; +teene+, PP; +teone+, S, S2, PP; +teyne+, B; +tyene+, S2.--AS. _teona_.

+Tenen+, _v._ to vex, trouble, injure, PP; +teene+, PP; +teonen+, PP.--AS. _tnan_.

+Tennes+, _sb._ tennis, S3; see +Tenyse+.

+Tenserie+, _sb._ an extraordinary impost, robbery, S (2. 42).--OF.

_tenserie_; Late Lat. _tensaria_.

+Tente+, _sb._ a tent, C2, PP.--OF. _tente_ (Bartsch); Late Lat.

_tenta_, cloth stretched.

+Tente+, _sb._ intention, purpose, PP; +tent+, attention, care, heed, S2, JD, W, W2, H.--OF. _atente_ (BH).

+Tentyf+, _adj._ attentive, CM; +tentifly+, _adv._, attentively, C2.--OF. _attentif_.

+Tenyse+, _sb._ tennis, Palsg.; +teneys+, _tenisia_, Prompt.; +tennes+, S3, SkD.

+Teolung+, _sb._ magical practice, S; see +Telinge+.

+Teon+, _v._ to draw, S; see +Ten+.

+Teone+, _sb._ grief, S; see +Tene+.

+Terce+, _adj._ a third, SkD; +tierce+, the third hour (canonical), SkD; +tyerse+, SkD.--AF. _terce_, _tierce_, OF. _terc_, _tiers_, _tierce_; Lat. _tertia_.

+Tercel+, _sb._ the male of any kind of hawk, CM, Prompt., Sh.; +tercelle+, Voc.; +terselle+, Cath.; +ta.s.sel+, Sh.; +ta.s.sell+, Cotg.--AF. _tercel_, from OF. _terce_.

+Tercelet+, _sb._ a small hawk, C2.--AF. _tercelet_, OF. _tiercelet_ (Cotg.).

+Tere+, _sb._ tear, S, C2; +teer+, C2; +teares+, _pl._, S.--AS. _tear_, also _teagor_, OHG. _zahar_ (Tatian); cp. Gr. d????; see Douse, p. 94.

+Teren+, _v._ to tear, S.--AS. _teran_, cp. Goth. _(ga)tairan_.

+Teren+, _v._ to tar, S. See +Terre+.

+Tergate+, _sb._ a small s.h.i.+eld, S3; see +Target+.

+Terien+, _v._ to vex, irritate, to make weary, to delay, hinder, _irritare_, _fatigare_; +teryyn+, Prompt.; +terwin+, Prompt.; +terre+, W, W2; +tarien+, C2; +y-taryed+, _pp._, S2.--AS. _tergan_, to vex.

+Terien+, _v._ to tarry, to delay; +teryyn+, Prompt.; +taryen+, CM; +tarien+, W2, S3.--The same word as above; for change of sense cp. AS.

_dreccan_, to vex, with the equivalent ME. _drecchen_, to tarry (q.v.).

+Terme+, _sb._ term, period, S, C2; +termes+, _pl._, expressions, examples, PP, C2; limits, ends, W, W2.--AF. _terme_; Lat. _terminum_.

+Terminen+, _v._ to determine, limit, W; +itermynet+, _pp._, S2; +y-termyned+, PP.--AF. _terminer_, to determine.

+Terne+, _sb._ a tarn, small lake, S2; +tarne+, Manip.--Icel. _tjorn_ (_tjarn-_).

+Terre+, _sb._ tar, Prompt.; +tarre+, PP; +teer+, HD; +ter+, B.--AS.

_teoru_ (Voc.).

+Terre+, _v._ to provoke, W, W2; see +Terien+.

+Terryng+, _sb._ a provoking, W2.

+Teruagant+, _sb._ one of the seven G.o.ds of Hengest, S; +Termagant+, a supposed G.o.d of the Saracens, ND; one of the characters in the old moralities, ND, Sh., TG; +Trivigant+, ND.--OF. _Tervagant_, also _Tervagan_, one of the three G.o.ds of the Saracens (Roland); cp. It.

_Trivigante_ (Ariosto).

+Teste+, _sb._ a pot in which metals are tried, HD, SkD, C3; +teest+, HD. _Phr._: +to bring to the test+, lit. to bring to the refiner's vessel, Sh.--OF. _teste_, a refiner's vessel; Lat. _testa_, a vessel used in alchemy, orig. a piece of baked earthenware, also sh.e.l.l of fish, skull, head. Cp. OF. _test_ (F. _tet_), a test in chemistry, orig.

a potsherd, see Bartsch.

+Testere+, _sb._ a head-piece, helmet, tester for a bed, SkD, HD; +teester+, Prompt.; +tester+, C; +testar+, Palsg.--OF. _testiere_, head-piece (Cotg.).

+Testif+, _adj._ headstrong, testy, CM; +testie+, S3.--OF. _testif_ (Palsg.).

+Te-tealte+, _adj._ quite unstable, in jeopardy, S2. (+To-+ 2.)

+Te+, _pr. s._; +te up+, mounts, S; see +Ten+.

+Tewelle+, _sb._ the pipe of a chimney, HD; +tuel+, a pipe, HD.--OF.

_tuel_, _tuyel_ (F. _tuyau_): Sp. _tudel_; of Teutonic origin; see Kluge (s.v. _dute_), and Weigand (s.v. _zotte_).

+Texte+, _sb._ text, scripture, SkD; +text+, Cath., C2; +tixte+, PP, S2; +tixt+, PP; +tyxte+, PP; +tyxt+, PP.--OF. _texte_; Lat. _textum_.

+Textuel+, _adj._ literal, C3.

+Teye+, _sb._ a coffer, Prompt.--OF. _teie_ (_toie_); Lat. _theca_; cp.

F. _taie_.

+Teyne+, _sb._ a thin plate of metal, C3.

+Teyrre+, of them, S; see +ei+.