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Old English · verb

niman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class IV
IPA
/ˈni.mɑn/
Syllables
ˈni · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
nimnumb

Meaning

  1. [with accusative] to take

    ⁊ hæfdon ġeleornad mā cræfta hū hīe þā elpendas beswīcan mehton, mid þǣm þæt hīe nāmon trēowu, ⁊ slōgon on oþerne ende moniġe sċearpe īsene næġlas, ⁊ hīe mid flexe bewundon, ⁊ onbǣrndon hit, ⁊ beþyddan hit þonne on þone elpend hindan...

    And they had learned more tricks through which they could ensnare the elephants; they took stakes and drove into the other end many sharp iron nails, and wrapped them in flax, and set them on fire, and then thrust them into the elephant from behind...

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

Conjugation

Conjugation of niman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular nimenamnōm
2nd singular nimestnimstnōmenāme
3rd singular nimeþnimþnamnōm
Plural nimaþnōmonnāmon
Subjunctive
Singular nimenōmenāme
Plural nimennōmennāmen
Non-finite forms of niman
Form
Infinitive niman
Inflected infinitive nimenne
Imperative singular nim
Imperative plural nimaþ
Present participle nimende
Past participle numenġenumen

All forms (21)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian nima, Old Saxon niman, Old Dutch neman, Old High German neman, Old Norse nema, Gothic (niman). The Indo-European root was also the source of Old Irish nem (“present”), Latvian ņemt (“to take”), Albanian nëm (“to take, curse”), Ancient Greek νέμω (némō).

Descendants

nim, numb

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