v. Obs. Forms: 1 tęmman, tęmien, tymian, 2–3 temien, 3 temie, 3–4 teme, 4 tyme. [OE. tęmman, tęmian, = OLG. *temmjan (MLG., MDu. temmen, temien, Du., LG. temmen, LG. tämen), OHG. *zammjan, zęmman (MHG. zem(m)en, Ger. zähmen), ON., Norw. tęmja (Sw. tämja, Da. tæmme), Goth. tamjan, f. OTeut. *tamoz, TAME a. The OE. regular form tęmman was superseded by tęmian (Sievers, Ags. Gram., § 400 Anm. 2), whence ME. temien, teme, which was displaced in 15th c. by tamen, TAME v., conformed to TAME a. (The forms tymian, tymen, are irregular.) The cognate langs. have preserved the umlauted form.]
1. trans. To bring (a wild animal, etc.) under the control of man; to reclaim from the wild state, to domesticate; = TAME v. 1.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gram., xxiv. (Z.), 138. Ic temiʓe, domo.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., III. 184. Nytenu tymian. Ibid., 200. Wilde deor temian.
c. 1290. S. Eng. Leg., I. 39/173. Þe Bollokes wilde were … For huy ne scholden heom temie nouȝt.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), II. 357. Hercules … temede þe world.
2. To bring (a person, passions, etc.) under control; to subdue, subjugate, curb; = TAME v. 2.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., lvi. 433. Mon temeþ nis unaliefde lustas mid ðæm wordum ðære halʓan lare.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Mark v. 4. Næniʓ monn mæhte hine temma. [So c. 975 Rushw. Gosp.]
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 63. To temien þe lichames orguil.
1306. Pol. Songs (Camden), 214. So hue [bishops and barons] were temed tho.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, lxvii. 27. Fayre saules, þat has temyd þaire fleyss.
c. 1394. P. Pl. Crede, 742. Y miȝt tymen þo troiflardes to toilen wiþ þe erþe.
