v. Obs. Also in 6 att-. [f. A- pref. 1 + TAME v.; substituted for OE. atęmian, when tęmien was assimilated in form to TAME a.] To tame, subdue.
[c. 885. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xlvi. 345. And atemiað hira lichoman.]
1340. Ayenb., 153. Huanne þise uour deles byeþ atamed.
c. 1400. Sowdone Bab., 935. These hethen houndes we shal a-tame.
a. 1529. Skelton, Agst. Venom. Tongues, 2. Men said they [Women] could not their tunges atame.
1530. Palsgr., 439/2. He was as wylde as a bucke, but I have made hym as attamed as a lambe.
