Participles
| Present | nimende |
| Past | (ġe)numen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | nime |
| 2nd sing. | nimest; nimst |
| 3rd sing. | nimeþ; nimþ |
| 1st plur. | nimaþ |
| 2nd plur. | nimaþ |
| 3rd plur. | nimaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | nam |
| 2nd sing. | nāme |
| 3rd sing. | nam |
| 1st plur. | nāmon |
| 2nd plur. | nāmon |
| 3rd plur. | nāmon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | nime |
| 2nd sing. | nime |
| 3rd sing. | nime |
| 1st plur. | nimen |
| 2nd plur. | nimen |
| 3rd plur. | nimen |
Past
| 1st sing. | nāme |
| 2nd sing. | nāme |
| 3rd sing. | nāme |
| 1st plur. | nāmen |
| 2nd plur. | nāmen |
| 3rd plur. | nāmen |
Verbs conjugated like 'niman'
niman,
Verbs similar to 'niman'
animan,
giman,
nipan,
nitan,
riman,
beniman,
bidan,
bigan,
bitan,
cidan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-.
2. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian nima, Old Saxon niman, Old Dutch neman, Old High German neman, Old Norse nema, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (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). See: Proto-Germanic '
*nemaną', Old Saxon '
niman', Old High German 'neman', Latvian '
ņemt'.
Verbs referencing "niman"
English
nim, Middle English
nimen, French
nantir, German, Pennsylvania
nemme.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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⁊ 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...)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11 (He said to the lame man, "I say to you, arise, take your bed, and go to your house.")
Cognates
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