Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Tempestous, adj. tempestuous, T. ii. 5.

Temple, s. temple, 1. 145; E 2293, F 296; inn of court, A 567; Temples, pl. T. iii. 1115.

Temple-dore, s. temple-door, 5. 239.

Temporel, adj. temporal, T. iv. 1061; D 1132; Temporels, pl. temporal, B 2188; Temporeles, I 685.

Tempre, v. control; Temprede, pt. s. modulated, B 3. m 12. 14; Tempred, pt. s. tempered, 5. 214; Tempred, pp. tempered, G 926. (In alchemy, to temper is to adjust or moderate the heat at which a thing is melted.)

Temps, s. tense; futur temps, future tense, futurity, time to come, G 875. See the note.

Temptour, s. tempter, D 1655.

Ten, ten, A 454; ten so wood, ten times as mad, L. 735. Cf. Two.

Tenbrace, for To enbrace, B 1891.

Tencresen, for To encresen, to increase, E 1808.