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)

1. 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.