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TEÁMAN - TEÁR

teáman. v. tíman.

teám-byrst, es; m. The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit. v. teám, III. I :-- Ðá týmde Wulfstán hine (the stolen slave about whom the case had arisen) tó Æðelstáne; ða cende hé tém and lét ðone forberstan (he admitted having sold the slave to Wulfstan, but would not declare from whom he had obtained it) ... Ðá bæd Byrhferhð ealdor-mann Æðelstán his wer for ðam témbyrste, Chart. Th. 207, 4.

teám-full; adj. Prolific, productive :-- Tudderfulle, teámfulle fetose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 33. Sceáp heora teámfulle &l-bar; berende oues eorum foetosae, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13: Ps. Spl. 143, 17.

teám-pól, es; m. A breeding-pool :-- Up on Exan on ðone neáran teámp-ol; ðanon up on Exan; ðonne of Exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace; of ðære lace eft on Exa[n]; ðanon up and lang Exa[n] on ðone uferan teámpól, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 205, 8-11: iii. 441, 5-8.

téan (?), tégan(?); p. téde To grow tough or pliant :-- Tédan lentescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 57: 92, 77. v. tóan, tóh; see also (?)ge-teágan.

teán-, teaper, teappa. v. teón-, tapor, tappa.

teár ( = teahor), teór, tæher, teher, tehher, es; m. A tear. I. a drop of water from the eye, (1) caused by emotion, generally by grief :-- Teár flemen, flentium humor, Wülck. Gl. 240, 13: lacryma, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 7. Teáras lacrime, 282, 55. Sealtes pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæ-acute;ron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16. Hruron him teáras, Beo. Th. 3749; B. 1872. Nalles for torne teáras feóllon, Elen. Kmbl. 2266; El. 1134. Pund saltes, of ðon sindon salto tehero, Rtl. 192, 15. Mid teára ágotennysse, Lchdm. iii. 428, 10. Mid teára gytum, Blickl. Homl. 61, 20. Eágan gefyllede mid teárum, 189, 1. Wépende mid teárum, 151, 20: Bd. 3, 14; S. 541, 3. Teárum mæ-acute;nan, Exon. Th. 285, 10; Jul. 285. Teárum geótan, 95, 34; Cri. 1567. Heó ongan mid hyre teárum (tæherum &l-bar; teárum, Lind.) hys fét þweán, Lk. Skt. 7, 38. Teárum &l-bar; tehrum, Lind. 7, 44. Mid teherum (teórum, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 24. Wépende wéregum teárum, Andr. Kmbl. 118; An. 59. Wráðum teárum, Ps. Th. 59, 11. Tornlícum teárum, 125, 5. Sárige teáras, 55, 7. Teáras geótan to shed tears, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 14: Exon. Th. 11, 18; Cri. 173. (1 a) in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction :-- On deópnysse wópes and teóra profunditate fletus et lacrimarum, Scint. 47, 4. Ðú fédest ús teára hláfe, and ús drincan gifest deorcum teárum, Ps. Th. 79, 5. Heó is fulneáh deád for teárum and for unrótnesse, Bt. 19; Fox 28, 30. Eua bær teáras on hire innoþe, Maria brohte ðone écan gefeán eallum middangearde, Blickl. Homl. 3, 12. Tehhero, Rtl. 40, 35. (2) caused by weakness. v. tíran :-- Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ æ-acute;lces cynnes broc on eágon ... wiþ tér, Lchdm. iii. 292, 2. Læ-acute;cedómas wið eallum tiédernessum eágena ... wið eágna teárum, ii. 2, 8. Wið eágena teára (-e, -as?), iii. 44, 29. II. a tearlike drop :-- Ðá wearð beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen ... sæp wearð tó swáte, Exon. Th. 72, 20; Cri. 1175. II a. that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb :-- Balsames teár opobalsamum, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 51. Swá þicce swá huniges teár of the consistency of honey that has dropped from the comb, Lchdm. ii. 74, 4. Genim balsami and huniges teáres emmicel, 28, 10, 4: 108, 17. Gegadriende swá swá beón hunigcamb teáres colligentes uti apes favu[m] nectaris, Anglia xiii. 368, 46. Þynceþ þegna gehwylcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swetre, gif hé hwéne æ-acute;r huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 10. Meng wið huniges teáre, Lchdm. iii. 46, 7. Nim huniges teár and merces sæ-acute;d ... mæng wið ðone teár, 4, 16 [O. Frs. tár: O. H. Ger. zaher: Icel. tár; n.] v. bryne-, hunig-teár; teagor.