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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: temse, tems, tempse Scots: teemse, timse ==== References ==== “temsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.