temsen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- temce, tempse, temse, temsyn, temzyn
Etymology
From Old English temesian, temsian, from Proto-West Germanic *tamisōn; by surface analysis, temse (“sieve”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛːmzən/, /ˈteːmzən/, /ˈtɛmzən/, /-(p)sən/
Verb
temsen (third-person singular simple present temseth, present participle temsende, temsynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle temsed)
- To sift, strain, or percolate; to pass through a riddle.
- Synonym: syften
Conjugation
Conjugation of temsen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) temsen, temse | ||
---|---|---|---|
present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | temse | temsed | |
2nd-person singular | temsest | temsedest | |
3rd-person singular | temseth | temsed | |
subjunctive singular | temse | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | temsen, temse | temseden, temsede | |
imperative plural | temseth, temse | — | |
participles | temsynge, temsende | temsed, ytemsed |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: temse, tems, tempse
- Scots: teemse, timse
References
- “temsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.