underniman

Meaning

1. to steal

2. to receive, take upon oneself, undertake (to take into the mind what is said or taught)

   Ġif ðū leornian wille hū þæt ġewurðan mæġe, þonne undernim ðū leorning-cnihtes hīw, þæt þū ðās ġerȳnu leornian mæġe.

   If you wish to learn how that can be, then undertake the character of a disciple (literally “of a learning-boy”), to be able to learn this mystery.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"

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