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temprian

  • verb [ weak ]
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temprian, p. ode, ede.
to mix in due proportion, to mingle
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  • Ic temprede (potum meum cum fletu) temperabam, Blickl. Gl.
to temper, regulate, moderate
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  • Seó sunne gǽþ geond stówa and tempraþ ða eorðlícan wæstmas ǽgðer ge on wæstme ge on rípunge,

      Lchdm. iii. 250, 17.
  • Hí ná tempredon gýfernysse hǽtan

    non temperauerunt gulae ardorem,

      Scint. 107, 12.
  • Bryne líchamena mid cealdrum éstum tó temprigenne (

    temperandus est

    ),
      52, 2.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. temp[a]rón obtemperare, temperare, medicare: Icel. tempra. From Latin.]
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v. ge-temprian.
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